Federal officials say pot conspiracy involved police, prosecutor and town official

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Randal Cousineau, 69, pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess and distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and 1,000 marijuana plants.
43% : Sirois structured his operations to appear as though they complied with Maine's medical marijuana regime while he regularly sold bulk marijuana on the illicit market, including more than $1 million worth of marijuana for out-of-state distribution in 2018 and 2019 through co-defendant Brandon Dagnese, 27, of Scarborough, a convicted felon who was ineligible to hold a caregiver card in Maine, the complaint said.
42% : Later, Sirois used Scovil and Doucette's network of active law enforcement officials to obtain information about the ongoing federal investigation into his criminal activity, the complaint said.
41% : Federal authorities said Cousineau was the primary financier of an operation that grew and sold marijuana in violation of Maine's marijuana laws, primarily by selling it in bulk to people who weren't marijuana caregivers and distributing it out of state.
34% : He and his co-conspirators realized in excess of $13 million over six years through the illicit sale of marijuana, the complaint alleges.

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