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Documents: 25 lbs. of pot at North Side Swap Meet

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
1 Min Read July 23, 2011 | 15 years Ago
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A federal judge on Friday unsealed documents related to the indictments of six Pittsburgh men in connection with the robbery of The Swap Meet in the North Side.

The documents show that police found more than 25 pounds of marijuana during a search of The Swap Meet building on Brighton Road, which police have said was a front for a drug-packaging business. The Sept. 15 robbery led to a shootout with Pittsburgh police and sent one officer to the hospital.

Rayshaun Jones, 25, of the North Side; Aaron Farrow, 25, of Oakland; Kevin Allison, 21, of Garfield; Troy Hexstall and Derrick Holliday, both 25 and from the North Side; and Dejarnette Blanchard, 20, no address available, are accused of conspiring to sell marijuana and robbing the Swap Meet for money and drugs.

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