2,000 Pounds Of Pot Seized (PICTURE) in Boston's Biggest Marijuana Bust in Memory

By: Edecio Martinez
Topics: Daily Blotter

"That's a Lot of Pot" (CBS/WBZ)

BOSTON (CBS/WBZ) Prosecutors say it's "the single largest seizure of marijuana in Boston's recent memory" - and the man implicated as the owner of said stash claims he "knew nothing about it."

Perhaps he's been smoking a bit too much of his product?

Suffolk County District Attorney spokesman Jake Wark said police "recovered about one ton" -- or 2,000 pounds -- of pot from Edgar Gonzalez's third floor apartment on Wednesday.

"That's a lot of pot," Shayna Rey-Selva, Gonzalez's neighbor, told CBS affiliate WBZ. "And I had no idea it was right next door to my house."

According to WBZ, officials called the pot "high quality," and placed its street value around $4 million.

Prosecutors said officers were in the apartment building executing an unrelated search warrant when they saw a man, later identified as Gonzalez, run away.

The officers became suspicious when, after they caught up to Gonzales, he told police he thought they were looking for him.

Officers got a search warrant for Gonzales' apartment and found 40 bales of marijuana wrapped in black plastic and stacked to the ceiling. Suffolk county prosecutor Jeremy Bucci said that some of the bales were in the closet, and another large quantity was a sample bag in the kitchen.

Police said that Gonzalez denied knowledge of the sizable stash.

Gonzalez, who is also known as Felix Soto, was ordered held on $1 million cash bail Thursday, on charges of marijuana trafficking. He is also being held on an immigration detainer.

Gonzales could face up to 15 years in state prison.

Story Contributed by CBS Affiliate WBZ

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by dagrandma June 6, 2010 5:32 PM EDT: I'm betting there are a handful of Boston cops who are going to be extremely happy for a while......and possibly laughing hysterically.; Reply to this comment


by FRAUDCOP37 June 5, 2010 1:00 PM EDT: But....But...Officers, Now I remember, I have that stash for personal use....Oh, Yeah and I also have a medical marijuana card....; Reply to this comment

by lilbear925 June 5, 2010 9:47 AM EDT

Of course, he is also in the country illegally, cut Californica will take him, since they LOVE this kind of people in their state.

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by djconklin June 5, 2010 10:29 AM EDT: >Of course, he is also in the country illegally,

Nothing in the article that says that. Are ytou trying to deflect attention from us looking at your papers?

by vuenbelvue June 4, 2010 6:34 PM EDT

hay pinchy cabrons

we ar takeen thees cuntry bak amigos. viva la raza!

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by whymewhyherewhynow June 5, 2010 2:00 PM EDT: Ok... first of all, the reason Mexican "illegal aliens" come to the United States is for the standards of living. Here, they can enjoy things such as clean running water, building codes, free education, medical treatment in a hospital regardless of ability to pay, etc... Even if Mexicans DID "takee thees cuntry bak" (wow) and the SW became part of Mexico, it would no longer have what they wanted, then they would start going over the new border to get the American standard of living.
PS- Does no one remember the prohibition act of 1913? And if you people want marijuana illegal, then you need to make alcohol and cigarettes illegal... and while your at it, lets make sex illegal too. Why not go the whole nine and make fun an happiness illegal?


by Wildwood1966 June 4, 2010 3:11 PM EDT: how in the world did get all that up to a third floor walk up with nobody noticing????; Reply to this comment