Pot Bust at Chonga Central

Image via Jeremy Scott It only makes sense that you could pick up some weed at the same place you stock up on belly shirts, Brazilian jeans, and Chinese slippers. The DEA busted a grow operation at The Mall of Americas, a.k.a. the epicenter of all that is Chongadom. Over...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

August 25, 2008

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Image via Jeremy Scott

It only makes sense that you could pick up some weed at the same place you stock up on belly shirts, Brazilian jeans, and Chinese slippers. The DEA busted a grow operation at The Mall of Americas, a.k.a. the epicenter of all that is Chongadom. Over 200 plants, some as much as six feet tall, were found in a second story storage unit. Answers aren't available yet as to how the massive operation could have eluded the mall's management. Riptide's best guess is that their sharpie brow liner ran into their eyes rendering them blind.

--Kyle Munzenrieder

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