The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Chicago Police charged a Chicago man with posession of cannabis after executing a search warrant Friday at a Southwest Side garage.
Jose Leanos, 33, of 5405 S. Kilbourn Ave., was charged afyer police seized 992 pounds of marijuana Friday evening from the garage of a Southwest Side apartment building.
Police Commander Leo Schmitz said the marijuana was wrapped as if it had recently been shipped, and had an estimated street value of $2.7 million.
Schmitz, who has been a police officer for 21 years, says it is the largest drug cache he has ever seen.
He says an informant tipped officers off, saying drugs were being sold in the neighborhood, and officers who went to the block reportedly could smell the marijuana from several doors away.
Police made one arrest, but no charges had been filed.