A federal grand jury has indicted three men for allegedly running a massive illegal cannabis operation involving Chinese immigrant workers on Navajo Nation land in New Mexico.
The federal charges against Dineh Benally, his father, Donald Benally, and California resident Irving Rea Yui Lin stem from a 2020 raid on a network of 1,100 greenhouses on 25 farms they allegedly operated near Shiprock.
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Benally and a second man not identified in the Jan. 22 indictment also face separate charges filed last year by Navajo Nation law enforcement.
Cannabis cultivation is illegal in the Navajo Nation.
According to the federal indictment, the three men solicited cash from Chinese investors and recruited Chinese immigrant workers to tend and process tens of thousands of pounds of
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