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Friday, September 14, 2012
Marijuana Raids Close Tucson MMJ Collectives
Posted by J.M. Smith on Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:55 AM
Officers from the multi-agency Counter Narcotics Alliance swept into five Shop 420 certification centers, arresting 10 people, confiscating 14 pounds of the sticky and generally making a huge show of force right next door to Che's Lounge and at three other Tucson addresses and one in Casa Grande, according to a Tucson Police news release.
After a month-long investigation, the officers descended on Shop 420 and charged the evil doers with planning and plotting and possessing (but not selling) marijuana. The 10 MMJ workers were also charged with money laundering, and the alliance officers confiscated some fake MMJ cards and equipment to make them. Shop 420 representatives were unavailable for comment two days after the raids.
The closed shops were at 5151 South 12th Ave., 3408 East Grant Road, 8250 East Broadway Boulevard, and 408 East 7th Street in Tucson and 1145 East Florence Boulevard in Casa Grande. The raids follow similar ones earlier this year at Tucson's Green Halo Caregiver Collective and Tucson Arizona Collective.
Is this really necessary? I think not.
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