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Friday, July 29, 2005

VANCOUVER -- Police have raided a business run by the head of the B.C. Marijuana Party in Vancouver -- and looks like the raid was ordered by the U.S.

Leader Marc Emery was not at the marijuana seed store when it was raided by police earlier today.

But police say he has been arrested in Halifax.

A store employee says police arrived with a search warrant shortly before 11 am.

The charges outlined in the warrant indicate it is on behalf of the American government.

Emery and two other people are accused of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, conspiracy to distribute seeds, and money laundering.

Words fail me...

:icon8:

Maybe they were selling them to people in the US where it's illegal?

it's "on behalf of the American govt." I assume that means US officials traced weed sales back to the store and tipped off canadian police. I see nothing wrong with it -- if yanks crossed the border and dragged someone back to the US or something it would be an outrage, but this ... meh.

the barfing scene was funny.

wtf they are seeking extradition. this is sickening

sliver wrote:the barfing scene was funny.

yeah, it wasn't a hilarious movie, but had some hilarious scenes.

word ni**a.

:lub:

emery is a smart guy. he's been doing it a long time.

he has the cash, legal help to squirm his way out of any pot charge.

Team America Fuck Yea !

durka durka

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:wtf they are seeking extradition. this is sickening

why?

its not like we are talking personal use here. the DEA is talking over $3,000,000 worth of product being sent over the boarder by this guy.

if its true, he is no small fish.

why does it require US handling, though? Canada is perfectly able to judge its own citizens (except when the US border guards let them through despite their carrying bloodied chainsaws and assorted torture weapons). We got our high-profile murder case of the century (Bernardo vs OJ).

Although frankly, I don't really care. If the guy is such a huge time dealer and we know he's guilty, I won't really be bothered if the US sticks him in some death camp without a trial. When you start yanking citizens over the border for intelligence purposes, though, things will have gone too far and we'll have to unleash our trained polar bears.

gg usa

sliver wrote:why does it require US handling, though?

the dea made a request, the rcmp is handling it. there is some agreement on the books that both sides signed off on years ago for stuff like this. Its not like U.S. agents rushed into Canada to get him.

My news is reporting (I live 20 min. from the boarder) that his seed bank does 75% of its business with the U.S. and that the seeds are being grown by 8-10 thousand people around Vancouver. B.C. bud is worth bout 3 billion a year and almost all of it comes through the Can/WA boarder. Hmm why do you thing the dea in Seattle got into the game?

sounds like the pablo escobar of the north to me. of course, innocent until proven guilty.

eepberries wrote:gg usa

thx. refer to my first post in this thread.

yeah we send the weed down there, you send the coke up here. gg usa, bad canada.

Fuck them, BC bud is good business for this province.

The mayor of Vancouver recently called for the legalizing and taxing (if I recall correctly) of marijuana. I'm tired of this bullshit, though. Vancouver has a bit of a drug problem and has some experience dealing with the problem. Some of the more controversial steps we've taken to curb drug use have been met with complaints south of the border.

I eagerly await the legalization of marijuana. No more grow-op criminal activity, no more wasted effort trying to reign them in. As well as the added bonus of frustrating the US to no end.

Tormentius wrote: Words fail me...

:icon8:

Disgusting.

Wait. If what he's doing is OK by the canadian authorities while it's in Canada, and he's not personally carrying across the border himself, then shouldn't they be after the people who are moving it across the border?

We Yanks call the shots for everyone around the world....... Haven't you noticed? We can't keep out big noses out anyone's business.

sliver wrote:the barfing scene was funny.

that made me lol. funny/wierd film :icon14:

Denz wrote:We Yanks call the shots for everyone around the world....... Haven't you noticed? We can't keep out big noses out anyone's business.

You're saying this like it's funny.

I have no clue why we have to police the world, but it's true. Personally don't like it. But what can you do?