A Navy second-class midshipman at the U.S Naval Academy has been arrested after allegedly bringing 150 pounds of marijuana into the U.S from Mexico. The yet to be named 24-year-old is currently being held in San Diego while the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) investigates.

U.S. Customs officials pulled over the midshipman June 10 at the re-entry point just north of the Mexican border. Navy officials said its not clear how the marijuana was being transported or if there are any other suspects.

A student at Peninsula High School in Purdy Washington was arrested after he sparked up and smoked a joint while giving a pro-marijuana presentation in the school auditorium.  He then finished his essay, sat down, finished smoking the joint and then ate the roach. A teacher contacted the school resource officer, a Pierce County sheriff’s deputy, who found a small residual amount of marijuana on the student and arrested him for possession of marijuana. (more…)

Sheriff deputies in Jefferson City, Missouri say they have seized 20 pounds of marijuana after receiving a tip that it was being shipped via FexEx. Officers were told a package addressed to 1206 St. Mary’s Boulevard needed to be checked for drugs and a K9 unit gave it a positive ID for an illegal substance. Police later confirmed that the package contained 2 bricks of marijuana weighing 10 pounds each. (more…)

Joseph ‘JoJo’ Simmons Jr., the son of Run DMC front man Rev Run and reality star of MTV’s “Run’s House”, was arrested over the weekend on various charges including marijuana possession. The rapper and member of the rap group Team Blackout was allegedly caught buying marijuana and arrested after NYPD officers observed him rolling a joint while sitting in his vehicle on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. (more…)

Many Pennsylvania State University students will be looking for new marijuana sources after six current or former students are among seven people charged with being part of a million-dollar marijuana selling operation. According to Attorney General Tom Corbett, Penn State student Paul Spara, 23, of Ruffs Dale, Pa., bought more than 400 pounds of marijuana from Jason Remington of Sauquoit, N.Y., and supplied it to other students. Prosecutors said the drugs were originally shipped from a Canadian Indian reservation to Remington in upstate New York. Investigators say Spara bought 10 to 50 pounds of marijuana a week from Remington, and would then sell some to fraternity members, who in turn sold to other students on campus. (more…)