Raid in Palm Springs; Possibly DEA

[Spliff Twister]

LA ASA got a call this morning that Palm Canyon Palm Springs Caregivers
(PCPSC) at
2100 N. Palm Canyon Dr. Suite 104-5b in Palm Springs, Ca. is currently
being raided. We contacted an activist in the area that said there was a
raid and it was DEA. While I would not say it is fully confirmed yet that
it is DEA, anyone who can help with any more info (and hopefully an
eyewitness account) would really help.

 

[Spliff Twister]

We have eye witness reports that the raid is being conducted solely by
local law enforcement in uniform and in marked vehicles. No DEA, plain
clothed or in uniform, have been spotted on the scene. Also, local
Channel 3 is en route to the site, so we should be receiving news
reports shortly. We will give more details as they come.

 

[JohnnyBlazed]

Thats shitty. And really wierd that it's not DEA. Thought that was legal through local law.

 

[Spliff Twister]

It is but only if you are followig the laws in sb 420 ans prop 215 maybe they where doing some shabt deals who knows. If I find out some more info I make sure to post.

 

[Spliff Twister]

Update

K Kaufmann and Marie McCain
The Desert Sun
October 4, 2006

Law enforcement officials, including Palm Springs Police and agents
with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration are searching the Palm
Canyon Palm Springs Caregiver's medical marijuana dispensary at 333 N.
Palm Canyon Drive this afternoon.

Why federal and local police are searching the dispensary was not
immediately available as officials with Palm Springs police and the
DEA could not be reached immediately for comment.

Eyewitnesses report police vehicles and people in DEA gear milling
around the area. A search warrant was reportedly served on the
facility while two people were inside. It is unknown whether those two
people were patients or dispensary workers or where they were taken.

The North Palm Springs location is one of three medical marijuana
dispensaries in the Coachella Valley. Proposition 215, passed by
California voters in the late 1990s, legalized compassionate care use
of the drug.

Recently Riverside County District Attorney Grover Trask issued a
white paper opinion saying that his office deems federal law banning
marijuana to override California law permitting its sale for
compassionate care. Riverside County, Trask has announced, will join
the counties of San Diego and San Bernardino in a lawsuit seeking a
ruling on what the counties see as conflicting laws. That suit is
scheduled to be heard in mid-November