DEA, IRS, Modesto Police Search Medical Marijuana Business

[qWERTY]

Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and the Modesto Police Department have raided what they say is one of the biggest medical marijuana dispensaries in Northern California.

This morning, officers went to the California Healthcare Collective at Fairmont Avenue and McHenry Avenue in Modesto to serve seven search warrants. The search comes in the wake of a number of federal indictments against the owners of the collective.

Agents came out with 12 boxes. There is an ATM and a money-counting machine inside the business. Authorities called a lock smith to help them get into the business's safe.

More information is expected to come from a news conference at 1 p.m.

The raid comes on the heels of a vote by the Modesto City Council Tuesday to close a loophole in an ordinance aimed at banning medical marijuana businesses. Previously, the ban only applied to marijuana dispersaries that made a profit from sales. The California Healthcare Collective claimed it was a non-profit organization. The council changed the ordinance so it now applies to non-profits as well.


NewsHawk: _qWERTY - 420 Magazine
Source: News10/KXTV (Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto)
Pubdate: September 27, 2006
Copyright: 2006 News10/KXTV
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[Akornpatch]

If Modesto ONLY wants non-profit dispensaries, then they should be the ones running them. This is America...we're all about profit. And what about the taxes collected from said profit?

 

[Cherma]

Taxes should be allocated and payed. This is all about Taxation an Prohibition. There are some people & businesses that pay their taxes. This is a prime example that Marijuana Prohibition must be overturned and All Federal, State, & Local laws that would apply to any Taxation of Marijuana be reinstated to become a reasonable economical factor in all budgeting, forecasting to assist in Balancing Budgets in all aspects of Our Government.
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