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Nairobi: Sakaja, police expose illegal power station in CBD amid rising insecurity
TUKO
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September 8, 2025
Authorities uncovered and dismantled a hidden operation linked to service disruptions and rising insecurity in Nairobi’s Central Business District County officials launched a coordinated response involving multiple agencies to restore safety and...
The Cannabist Co. Opening 6th Ohio Dispensary in Norwalk
Cannabis Business Times
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September 9, 2025
[PRESS RELEASE] – CHELMSFORD, Mass., Sept. 9, 2025 – The Cannabist Co., one of the most experienced cultivators, manufacturers and retailers of cannabis products in the U.S., announced the grand opening of Cannabist Norwalk, located at 383 Milan...
Ayr Wellness Selling Cannabis Drink Brand Levia Back to Original Founders
Food Manufacturing - Wisconsin
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September 8, 2025
Kristin and Eric Rogers have reached an agreement with Ayr Wellness to re-acquire LEVIA, pending customary closing conditions and regulatory approval. “Bringing LEVIA home is a deeply personal milestone for us,” said Kristin Rogers. “This brand...
Drug dealers jailed after £90,000 haul seized at cannabis farm in Maidenhead
Maidenhead Advertiser
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September 9, 2025
Three men found with £90,000 worth of drugs on a working cannabis farm in Maidenhead have been sentenced this week. Bruce Lee Clark of Kings Lane in Egham, Surrey; Harvey Drummond of West Road in Feltham, Hounslow, and Billy Houlihan of Fordbridge...
Police outline work to tackle 'large-scale' cannabis farms following councillor's concerns
Sunderland Echo
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September 9, 2025
Police have moved to reassure residents that work is taking place to tackle cannabis farms in residential areas of Sunderland, following concerns raised by a local councillor. The use of residential properties for illegal drug production...
Watch as police officers discover £350,000 cannabis farm
Sunderland Echo
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September 9, 2025
Four men have appeared in court after the discovery of a large cannabis farm in Boldon with the value of drugs being produced estimated to be around £350,000. After receiving intelligence information police officers swooped on a property on...
Arrest made after police find cannabis farms following raid
Liverpool Echo
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September 9, 2025
An arrest has been made after police found three cannabis farms following a raid. Merseyside Police carried out warrants at two flats in Norris Green on Monday, September 8 and officers found cannabis farms in both properties. They also came...
SA emerging as a leader in the global hemp and cannabis industry
George Herald
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September 9, 2025
The hemp and cannabis industry employs over 90 000 people in South Africa. Medicinal cannabis was legalised in 2017, with private use decriminalised in 2018. Photo: Pexels NATIONAL NEWS - South Africa is establishing itself as an emerging leader...
Rochester cannabis businesses wait in the wings after losing in local lottery
Post-Bulletin - Minnesota
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September 9, 2025
ROCHESTER — Shelly Buchanan wants to be the first person to open a recreational cannabis dispensary in Olmsted County. “I have to build one wall, put in some doors and a couple of door lock things and that's it,” the owner of Hempire Hemp and Vape...
Man jailed after being caught with almost £200,000 of cannabis at Glasgow Airport
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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September 9, 2025
A Malaysian man who was caught bringing cannabis worth almost £200,000 into a Paisley transport hub has been jailed. Go Kah Wei was caught at Glasgow Airport with a suitcase containing 19.8kg of the Class-B drug in November last year. The...
Police stop illicit cannabis operation in Simcoe
Nortfolk Today
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September 9, 2025
A Simcoe resident is facing multiple charges after police raided an illicit cannabis operation on McDowell Road East. Haldimand-Norfolk OPP and partner units executed a search warrant September 3, seizing cannabis products, equipment, stolen...
Large-scale cannabis farm worth £350,000 found in East Boldon with four men in court
Chronicle Live
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September 9, 2025
A cannabis farm worth £350,000 has been found in East Boldon, with four men charged with being concerned in the production of cannabis. The large-scale operation, with around 1,500 plants in varying stages of growth, was uncovered by Northumbria...
Hemp industry wants its THC-infused products back in Arizona stores
KJZZ - Arizona
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September 8, 2025
We all know you can get marijuana products at cannabis dispensaries all over the state today. But for a while, you could get other products that get you high at local convenience stores. They were hemp products — like gummies, vape pens, seltzer...
Four Albanian men in court after being caught at 1,500-plant cannabis farm
Sunderland Echo
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September 9, 2025
Four Albanian men have appeared in court after being caught at a 1,500-plant cannabis farm on a South Tyneside trading estate. They were arrested at a unit at Cleadon Lane Industrial Estate, close to East Boldon Metro station, on Friday, September...
Nigerian Lawmakers Drafting Bill to Legalise Cannabis for Medicine and Economy, Says Achonu
Arise News
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September 9, 2025
Former Senator and Labour Party’s governorship candidate in the 2023 Imo State election, Athan Nneji Achonu, on Monday disclosed that the National Assembly was already working on a bill aimed at legalising cannabis for medicinal and economic...
South London gang pose with knives as they raid £22,000 cannabis grow
News Shopper
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September 8, 2025
The gang identified a property in Mansfield in Nottingham and travelled from London on May 6 last year. But police were alerted by a neighbouring resident who someone climbing into an upstairs window wearing a balaclava at 4.55am. Officers arrived...
Brazilian oil field’s story unfolds: Rig lease and multimillion-dollar financing of FPSO revamp in place
Offshore Energy
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September 9, 2025
Oslo-listed oil and gas E&P player BW Energy has moved forward with its plans for an oil field in the Campos Basin off the coast of Brazil, thanks to the completion of financing for the refurbishment of a floating production, storage, and...
Massachusetts AG Approves Ballot Petition to Repeal Adult-Use Cannabis Law
Ganjapreneur - Washington
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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has approved the ballot petition to repeal the commonwealth’s adult-use cannabis law. The proposal by Caroline Cunningham comes in the form of two proposed laws, which are both titled “An Act to...
Investment firm partners with S&P to create Christian values index fund for evangelical investors
FOX Business
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Making Money host Charles Payne examines the tumultuous stock market as external factors test investors faith. A faith-based investment firm partnered with S&P Dow Jones Indices to create a new index and exchange traded fund (ETF) that will cater...
Morocco Approves 67 Cannabis-Based Products
Morocco World News
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September 8, 2025
Rabat – Morocco has approved licenses for 67 cannabis-based products, marking one of the most important steps yet in the country’s effort to build a regulated legal market. The newly licensed items include 26 cosmetic products and 41 dietary...