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Deputies Seize More than 50 Pounds of Pot in Wright County Bust

Meth, cocaine and illegal distillery also found in rural home.

February 13, 2015 By Mike Schoemer

The Wright County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Unit executed a search warrant Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 6897 Quinn Avenue NW in Southside Township, along the western shores of Twin Lake in Wright County.

During the execution of the search warrant, approximately 56 pounds of marijuana was seized along with smaller amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine.

Also discovered during the search warrant was a homemade active alcohol distillery set up in the basement of the home.

Allen Clarence Hochstein, 63, and Mark Donald Repke, 60, were both arrested and booked into the Wright County Jail on multiple felony controlled substance Violations.

The Wright County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Annandale Police Department and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement.

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Wright County investigators recovered this bin filled with harvested marijuana buds inside a rural home earlier this week. Two men have been charged. (Courtesy WCSO)

 

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