WINNEBAGO, Minn. — A Minnesota mayor and his son are charged with illegally rising marijuana after police seized over 200 crops from their houses.
Winnebago Mayor Scott Robertson, 67, and his son, Jacob Robertson, 47, are each dealing with a couple of fees associated with the illegal cultivation of greater than 23 hashish crops.
The South Central Drug Investigation Unit and the Faribault County Sheriff’s Place of job situated “roughly 240 crops believed to be marijuana” at 3 other addresses in Winnebago related to the Robertsons.
In step with charging paperwork, the Robertsons up to now operated a certified and controlled hemp cultivating operation. They every had a license lively in 2023 nevertheless it expired at first of the 12 months.
Laws additionally require every hemp crop to be registered with the Minnesota Division of Agriculture. That they had no longer registered one since 2021.
In February 2023, MDA officers allegedly inspected the Robertson’s belongings and located no hemp crop rising there. On the other hand, witnesses document seeing the 2 males backing an enclosed trailer onto the valuables and stated they used it to take away all rising crops there earlier than the inspection.
Just about a 12 months later, an nameless tip submitted to the Faribault County Sheriff’s Place of job notified police that the Robertsons have been rising a “huge quantity” of marijuana crops inside of greenhouses on the identical belongings.
Court docket paperwork state that not one of the categorized crops discovered at the Robertson’s houses matched the identified and registered hemp seeds and crops authorised to be grown within the state.
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Each males were arrested and are being held on the Faribault County Prison.
Winnebago is situated about 35 miles south of Mankato.
