Price of lumber has more than doubled in the past year Kenneth LaFave, Arizona Republic
Prices for plywood and OSB - "oriented-strand board," a plywood substitute made by pressing wood strips together with adhesive - have more than doubled since last year.
"To take a common item, a 15/32s OSB is $20-plus for one sheet right now, while in February of last year it was under $10," Heldt said.
it was actually lifts of OSB...
Tip leads to massive drug bust By DARSHAN LINDSAY kamloopsthisweek
The size of the loot, and the nature of the shipment, was possibly a first for Kamloops RCMP, at least in recent memory.
Police surprised and arrested five men in the Valleyview compound, and seized nine lifts of plywood.
Every cavity in the hollowed-out lifts was stuffed with two to three over-sized duffel bags filled with vacuum-sealed baggies of marijuana.