one of their contacts is pete groone. a farmer who says many come through his land. a few miles away from vancouver, bc bud is easy to find out on the streets. a dope dealer approached us offering to sell some pot. >> do you grow it? >> yeah. >> where do you grow it? >> in the basement of my house. >> reporter: the punishment for people caught selling. >> i got my fifth conviction for a pound of pot and they gave me 10 days. >> that's it? >> yeah. >> reporter: growing marijuana at home is now a cottage industry. the growers enboldened by light sentences. officers found an operation worth hundreds of thousands of the dollars. >> we've had one individual tell us he made $240,000 in less than 10 months work by renting two slots. two homes, yeah. >> reporter: but the marijuana drug trade is about more than just pot. in case after case, police say they are finding links to cocaine and organized crime. a constant flow of drugs and money across a porus border. >> that's it for this week's second look. i'm julie haener. thank you for watching. 'round. a smoked, shank half ha