Rodney White arrested for growing marijuana in North Carolina
Rodney White, who has spent the last four years playing in the CBA, has been arrested for managing “an elaborate marijuana growing operation” according to the Charlotte Observer.
Police discovered the operation under a make-shift shed, which was located in the back of a dirt-bike racetrack White had been building since he bought a large plot of land in Alexander County in 2009. The Iredell Sheriff’s Office provides more information in the story:
The Iredell Sheriff’s Office described what lay beneath the shed as an elaborate underground bunker, hidden by a trap door.
In the bunker, a picture provided by the Sheriff’s office shows two tables beneath high-powered lights. Electrical wires and a water hose snake from the ceiling. Two cans of Bud Light sit on folding chairs.
On Tuesday, authorities said they removed 62 marijuana plants, including some that were four feet tall.
Iredell Sheriff Phil Redmond said investigators determined the Hill River Road grow operation was maintained by two men on site, who were not named.
Rodney White and Nicole Denise Jackson of Mooresville were charged with felony manufacture of marijuana; felony possession of marijuana; maintaining a dwelling for marijuana; and possession of drug paraphernalia. White also was charged with conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, Redmond said. White couldn’t be reached for comment Wednesday.
White, the ninth overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft, played last season with Shandong after playing the previous three with Zhejiang Guangsha. White had signed a contract earlier in the summer to play in the Korean Basketball League next season.
uuups saw this coming, Rodney is a great guy, both chinese fans n expat community loved him in Hangzhou but he likes the green stuff way too much!