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Eugene

(61,593 posts)
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 12:54 PM Oct 2021

Company challenges seizure of marijuana proceeds in Kansas

Source: Associated Press

Company challenges seizure of marijuana proceeds in Kansas

October 27, 2021

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A cash management company has asked a federal court to return nearly $166,000 in proceeds seized in Kansas from sales at Missouri medical marijuana stores.

Dickinson County sheriff’s deputies seized the money in May after stopping a driver for Empyreal Logistics as she was taking the proceeds to Colorado. Medical marijuana is legal in Missouri and Colorado, which also allows recreational use. Marijuana use is illegal in Kansas.

Federal prosecutors say the money is subject to forfeiture because it violates a federal law against manufacturing and distributing drugs. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Kansas filed a civil forfeiture action in federal court seeking to seize the money.

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A driver for Empyreal was stopped for a traffic violation in Dickinson County on May 17 on Interstate 70 near Abilene. The driver, who has not been charged, told the deputy she was going to Kansas City, Missouri, to pick up cash from medical marijuana dispensaries, according to court records.

While in Kansas City, the driver was watched by agents with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency as she entered several dispensaries, according to court records. On her way back to Denver, she was again stopped by a Dickinson County, Kansas, sheriff’s deputy for an unstated reason.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/business-health-colorado-marijuana-medical-marijuana-6d41f1053f142075b735464107e3b0d5

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Company challenges seizure of marijuana proceeds in Kansas (Original Post) Eugene Oct 2021 OP
"an unstated reason" FoxNewsSucks Oct 2021 #1
Chicken Shit Feds. IA8IT Oct 2021 #2
Despite the majority the Federal Marijuana War continues. rickyhall Oct 2021 #3

FoxNewsSucks

(10,375 posts)
1. "an unstated reason"
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 01:15 PM
Oct 2021

translated:

"We pigs know she went to get cash, and we're gonna steal it from her"

I notice the article doesn't say where the cash ended up.

These seizures are a gold mine, as the agencies keep the money.

I'm surprised they didn't try to steal the vehicle as well.

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)
3. Despite the majority the Federal Marijuana War continues.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 02:37 PM
Oct 2021

I'm disappointed in my party. Nothing has been done on this problem.

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