The General
New Member
Denver police and federal agents on Tuesday morning raided multiple marijuana growing operations across Denver. At one site, a Denver police officer was seen in a blue hazmat suit entering a building on North Bryant Street. The officer's suit reeked of marijuana. He told The Denver Post that he and other police were executing a search warrant and that several were being executed around town.
James Gothe, group supervisor of the Drug Enforcement Administration's special support unit in Denver, offered little comment about the operation. "It's a very large and successful investigation,"Gothe said. "We're assisting." When asked if it was an illegal marijuana operation, Gothe said it's an ongoing operation so he could not comment other than to say that the operation involved the Denver Police Department and the Colorado Attorney General's Office.
The Denver Police Department announced on Twitter that area law enforcement agencies were conducting an ongoing investigation into illegal drug activity, but said no further information was available. People involved in Colorado's legal marijuana industry were chatting about the raids as they tried to figure out what was happening.
Nate' Perini, who works at edibles manufacturer Edi-Pure, which is next door to the raided shop on North Bryant Street, said the cops already were there when she got to work around 9 a.m. Yeah, they're getting raided," she said. A police car was parked in front of the shop and another was parked in the alley behind it. Police tape had been strung around the perimeter. Tuesday's raids came 11 months after local and federal authorities raided several large marijuana businesses – the largest raids on Colorado pot businesses since medical marijuana became legal.
News Moderator - The General @ 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: Denverpost.com
Author: Jesse Paul, Noelle Phillips and Ricardo Baca
Contact: Contact Us
Website: Denver police, feds conduct large-scale raids on marijuana grow sites - The Denver Post
James Gothe, group supervisor of the Drug Enforcement Administration's special support unit in Denver, offered little comment about the operation. "It's a very large and successful investigation,"Gothe said. "We're assisting." When asked if it was an illegal marijuana operation, Gothe said it's an ongoing operation so he could not comment other than to say that the operation involved the Denver Police Department and the Colorado Attorney General's Office.
The Denver Police Department announced on Twitter that area law enforcement agencies were conducting an ongoing investigation into illegal drug activity, but said no further information was available. People involved in Colorado's legal marijuana industry were chatting about the raids as they tried to figure out what was happening.
Nate' Perini, who works at edibles manufacturer Edi-Pure, which is next door to the raided shop on North Bryant Street, said the cops already were there when she got to work around 9 a.m. Yeah, they're getting raided," she said. A police car was parked in front of the shop and another was parked in the alley behind it. Police tape had been strung around the perimeter. Tuesday's raids came 11 months after local and federal authorities raided several large marijuana businesses – the largest raids on Colorado pot businesses since medical marijuana became legal.
News Moderator - The General @ 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: Denverpost.com
Author: Jesse Paul, Noelle Phillips and Ricardo Baca
Contact: Contact Us
Website: Denver police, feds conduct large-scale raids on marijuana grow sites - The Denver Post
