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Hillsboro Man Charged With The Production and Possession Of Cannabis

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:03:37 CST

(Hillsboro)--A 42 year old Hillsboro man was arrested for the reported possession and production of cannabis. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, James Milanos was taken into custody on Thursday in the two hundred block of Lake Lane in Hillsboro. Reportedly the South Central Illinois Drug Task Force, and Montgomery County Sheriff's Office found cannabis plants and multiple pounds of cannabis located in a hidden room. Officers also seized eleven weapons and three thousand dollars.

Milanos was charged with the production of cannabis and possession of cannabis. His bond has been set at twenty five thousand dollars.