A building supervisor at Guma Hustisia resigned last week amid news that he was questioned over a marijuana sting operation that agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration carried out last week on Saipan and Tinian.
Helicopters hovered over the islands for days as agents conducted an aerial search of possible marijuana plantations.
The operation resulted in the seizure of several marijuana plants but no official public count has been made yet.
During yesterday’s House session, Torres said: “It’s ironic that a senior employee of the judicial branch (would be involved in a marijuana bust). When you are on leave and you take a government vehicle which ends up being impounded — that’s not right.”
He said the Attorney General’s Office’ position to consider decriminalizing the use of marijuana in the Northern Marianas may have “influenced” the former court employee.
The AGO earlier expressed support allowing a U.S. group advocating for the legalization of marijuana to hold a conference on Saipan.
Every year, the U.S. DEA uproots hundreds of marijuana plants and trees valued at tens of thousands of dollars from different villages around the three major islands of the Northern Marianas.
