Feds Charge Seven Chinese Nationals in Bay State Drug, Money Laundering, Smuggling Scheme

“Operation Take Back America": Triad Weed gangsters busted in Massachusetts drug scheme that prosecutors say has ties to the illegal cannabis operations widespread across Maine.

Seven Chinese nationals are facing federal charges for allegedly running a multi-million-dollar illegal pot empire hidden in quiet neighborhoods across Massachusetts and Maine — complete with smuggled labor, secret grow houses, and mountains of cash.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, the accused turned suburban homes into unlicensed marijuana grow operations, then laundered the profits into real estate, Rolexes, and luxury cars.