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PAWTUCKET, RI -- A Pawtucket man was arrested yesterday on drug and other charges, according to Rhode Island State Police.

Joab Coderre, 29, of 196 Sweet Ave., was charged with possession of marijuana, 1 to 5 kilos; possession of marijuana with intent to deliver; and possession of a gun while committing a crime of violence.

He is being held at the Adult Correctional Institutions' Intake Service Center, according to a press release issued this morning.

Members of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and Pawtucket Police yesterday executed a court-authorized search warrant at Coderre's address and seized four pounds of marijuana, narcotics paraphernalia, ammunition, and 93 firearms: 14 shotguns, 30 high-powered assault rifles, 35 semi-automatic pistols, and 40 revolvers. The firearms were stored in safes throughout the house, according to a news release from the state police.

Two of the handguns found in Coderre's bedroom were loaded.

Coderre is a former owner of Valley Firearms, located at 711 Providence St., West Warwick. This firearms store is now closed.

The marijuana was located and seized from a safe that was being stored in a shed in the back yard of the residence.

 Tags  drugs marijuana Pawtucket

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Marijuana tax is $3500/kilo said:

At $3500 tax per kilo of marijuana (http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE44/44-49/44-49-9.HTM), this bust will surely fatten the coffers. Why doesn't the state bite the bullet and legalize it once and for all? Deficit, poof.

Now, those 93 guns seem a bit over the top, but aren't guns legal in this state, something about a constitutional right of citizens to bear arms?

Link | January 30, 2009 6:13 PM
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