Jeff Weng与Tong Lin贩运逾5.6万磅黑市大麻：各被判10年联邦监禁
2024年12月19日，美国俄克拉荷马西区联邦地区法院法官 Scott L. Palk 在俄克拉荷马州俄克拉荷马县 Oklahoma City 判处中国公民 Jeff Weng 120个月（10年）联邦监禁，刑满后另加5年监督释放。Weng 现年47岁，来自中国、居住在纽约 Brooklyn，他被认定是俄克拉荷马州休斯县 Wetumka 市一处大麻种植场的经营者。同案被告 Tong Lin（29岁）已于2024年6月17日被判处同样的120个月监禁与5年监督释放。联邦检察官 Robert J. Troester 宣布了量刑结果。
据司法部，联邦大陪审团2023年6月6日起诉 Weng 与 Lin 共谋持有大麻植株并意图分销。2024年1月18日，经过两天庭审，联邦陪审团仅评议约一小时便裁定两人毒品共谋罪名成立。
庭审证据显示，2022年12月至2023年5月间，Weng 管理位于 Wetumka 的种植场，该种植场持有俄克拉荷马医用大麻管理局发放的执照；Weng 不在场时由 Lin 负责管理。一名证人作证称，共谋者驾驶伪装成商用车辆的送货车（包括一辆假冒「Amazon」送货车）于2022年12月至2023年3月31日间往返该种植场10至15次，每次取走150至200磅大麻，运往 Oklahoma City 的一处藏匿点；每周五，大麻再从藏匿点转运至一处仓库，每次以2,000多磅装入一辆半挂拖车、运往东海岸。约七个月内，这名证人经半挂车从俄克拉荷马运出的大麻总量超过56,000磅。
2023年5月，执法人员搜查 Wetumka 种植场，查获19,661株处于不同生长阶段的大麻植株、在 Weng 衣柜阁楼空间内藏匿的逾100,000美元真空封装现金，以及一支枪械。
Palk 法官在宣判时指出 Weng 在一桩「重大」非法大麻经营中所起的作用，以及量刑的威慑必要。本案由联邦调查局（FBI）俄克拉荷马城外勤办公室调查、俄克拉荷马麻醉品局协助，属有组织犯罪毒品执法特别工作组（OCDETF）案件；承办检察官为助理联邦检察官 Wilson D. McGarry 与 David Nichols, Jr.。（来源：美国司法部）
Jeff Weng and Tong Lin Each Sentenced to 10 Years for Trafficking More Than 56,000 Pounds of Black-Market Marijuana
On December 19, 2024, U.S. District Judge Scott L. Palk in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, sentenced Jeff Weng, a citizen of China, to 120 months (10 years) in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Weng, 47, of China and Brooklyn, New York, was found to have managed a marijuana grow operation in Wetumka, Hughes County, Oklahoma. His co-defendant Tong Lin, 29, had been sentenced on June 17, 2024, to the same 120 months in prison and five years of supervised release. U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester announced the sentence.
According to the Department of Justice, a federal grand jury charged Weng and Lin on June 6, 2023, with conspiracy to possess marijuana plants with intent to distribute. On January 18, 2024, after a two-day trial, a federal jury deliberated about an hour before finding both guilty of drug conspiracy.
Evidence at trial showed that between December 2022 and May 2023 Weng managed the Wetumka grow, which was licensed by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, and that Lin managed matters when Weng was not present. A witness testified that the conspirators drove delivery vans disguised as commercial vehicles, including one disguised as an "Amazon" delivery van, to the grow 10 to 15 times between December 2022 and March 31, 2023, picking up between 150 and 200 pounds of marijuana each time and transporting it to a stash house in Oklahoma City. Every Friday, the witness moved the marijuana from the stash house to a warehouse, where more than 2,000 pounds at a time were loaded into a semi-truck trailer bound for the East Coast. Over approximately seven months, upwards of 56,000 pounds of marijuana were shipped out of Oklahoma by semi-truck.
In May 2023, law enforcement searched the Wetumka grow and found 19,661 marijuana plants in various stages of growth, more than $100,000 in vacuum-sealed cash hidden in the attic space of Weng's closet, and a firearm.
In announcing the sentence, Judge Palk noted the role Weng played in a "significant" illegal marijuana operation and the need for deterrence. The case was investigated by the FBI Oklahoma City Field Office with assistance from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics as part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Wilson D. McGarry and David Nichols, Jr. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于 Oklahoma City 的 William J. Holloway Jr. 联邦法院大楼，本案在此审理宣判。G. Edward Johnson 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The William J. Holloway Jr. United States Courthouse in Oklahoma City, where this case was tried and sentenced. By G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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