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Police nab suspect in downtown Las Vegas grow house

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Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 | 6:11 p.m.

Pot bust

A 47-year-old woman wanted in connection to a pot bust last year was arrested today by police who found her inside a suspected downtown Las Vegas grow house filled with marijuana plants worth $80,000.

Jacqueline Mangini and her husband, Patrick Mangini, 57, were both arrested and booked at the Clark County Detention Center on charges of possession of marijuana and possession with the intent to sell, said Lt. Laz Chavez, of Metro Police’s narcotics section.

A fugitive task force was searching for Jacqueline Mangini, who had warrants out for her suspected involvement in a grow house operation last year, Chavez said.

At about 1 p.m. today police found her and her husband at the 1600 block of East Carson Avenue, Chavez said.

The house contained about 25 marijuana plants with a street value around $80,000, Chavez said.

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  1. By KillerB
    Jan. 28, 2012
    7:45 a.m.
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    It's way past time to decriminalize this plant, nature's botanical gift to mankind. Aside from feeding the police state Nevada has become, the utter stupidity of this bust and the twisted workings behind it should be examined by every citizen. Start with http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Const/NVConst...

    "Great work, Metro. Keep these thugs and druggies off the street."

    c_v -- I'd love to see your post after Metro busts down your door for such a non-crime. More likely is next time they pull you over for some traffic pretense, order you out of your car, pat you down, search your person and your car, and generally treat you like a child.

    "Tobacco, hemp, flax and cotton, are staple commodities." -- from Thomas Jefferson "The Works," vol. 3 (Notes on Virginia I, Correspondence 1780-1782), "A Notice Of The Mines And Other Subterraneous Riches; Its Trees, Plants, Fruits, &C."

  2. By PGelsman (Paul Gelsman)
    Jan. 28, 2012
    10:02 a.m.
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    I feel so much safer now.

    Why don't they go after the crackheads and meth nuts that are really the problem !

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