Thread: Border Patrol seizes more than $3.4 million of marijuana in five days

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Border Patrol seizes more than $3.4 million of marijuana in five days

Sasha Loftis

CREATED Nov. 20, 2013TUCSON (KGUN9-TV)- Tucson Sector Border Patrol seized more than 6,937 pounds of marijuana, worth more than $3.4 million in five days.

Agents recovered 1,029 pounds of drugs Friday in Paradise Valley, Ariz. This was reportedly discovered near an SUV. They didn't find anyone in the vicinity.

Officers also arrested a U.S. citizen at the Highway 80 checkpoint on Saturday. This person was trying to smuggle 17.5 pounds or marijuana in the rear cab of a truck.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol also located more than 37 bundles of marijuana, weighing more than 1,800 pounds on the Tohono O'Odham Nation Saturday evening. They searched the area, but did not find any suspects.

In addition, agents uncovered more than 16 bundles of the drug near Cockelburr, Ariz. Sunday. This is northeast of Oracle, Ariz.

On Monday, they found more than 1,020 pounds of marijuana near mile marker 150 on Interstate 8. Officers located these narcotics strapped to three abandoned ATVs. No one was arrested in this case.

Lastly, Tucson Sector agents confiscated more than 2,300 pounds of marijuana from a pickup truck near Sonoita, Ariz. on Tuesday. An agent initially tried to stop this vehicle, but the driver accelerated, lost control and drove through a fence.

The suspect then ran away. Officials searched the truck and found 100 bundles of marijuana inside, valued at nearly $1.2 million. They did not locate the driver in this case.

The person apprehended at the Highway 80 checkpoint will be presented for prosecution. Tucson Sector Border Patrol processed all drugs and cars for seizure.

http://www.jrn.com/kgun9/news/Border...232769311.html

The growing consensus is to legalize marijuana using the tax revenue to build schools. Colorado is planning to do just that.

Colorado isn't going to smuggle the pot from Mexico.
They are going to grow it in CO.

1. 10 Things To Know About Colorado's New Legal Marijuana Rules
   
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   Sep 16, 2013 - Last week, Colorado became the first state in the country to adopt rules ... recreational marijuana stores must grow almost all the pot they sell.

10 Things To Know About Colorado’s New Legal Marijuana Rules

Posted on September 16, 2013 at 6:22 am by Smell The Truth Staff in Business



Last week, Colorado became the first state in the country to adopt rules for recreational marijuana sales. Here’s a few things you should know, whether you’re buying or selling, courtesy of the mainstream press:

1. Licensing and Fees - All marijuana stores, cultivation facilities and marijuana-infused products makers must be licensed and pay fees ranging from $2,750 to $14,000.
2. Growing Rules - Until October 2014, recreational marijuana stores must grow almost all the pot they sell.
3. Public Transparency - All businesses must use the state’s forthcoming online inventory tracking program to document their marijuana’s journey from cultivation to processing to sale.
4. Safety and Security - Businesses must follow extensive security requirements, including having a surveillance camera that can document marijuana sales and “the customer(s) and employee(s) facial features with sufficient clarity to determine identity.”
5. Child-Safe Packaging - Marijuana must be placed into opaque, child-resistant packages before leaving the store.
6. Consumer Protection - All marijuana packages must contain a label that lists the pot’s potency and any non-organic pesticides or fungicides used in its cultivation.
7. No Child Marketing - Marijuana stores cannot advertise in places where kids will likely see it, including on television, on the radio or in newspapers where there is “reliable evidence” that “more than 30 percent of the audience … is reasonably expected to be under the age of 21.”
8. Inspections - Marijuana businesses are subject to an audit or inspection by the state Marijuana Enforcement Division at any time.
9. Background Checks - Successful business applicants must pass a gantlet of criminal background checks to weed out recent drug felons and people with possible ties to criminal drug cartels. Everyone in the industry, from shop owners to “bud-tenders,” must reside in Colorado.
10. Growing and Purchasing Limits - Adults over 21 can grow up to six plants or buy up to one ounce of pot in retail stores. Medical patients can buy up to two ounces. Out-of-state visitors would be limited to one-fourth of an ounce per retail transaction, though they could legally possess the full ounce. They cannot take it home with them.

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