Authorities raid 13 San Diego area marijuana dispensaries

[Thom Little]

Federal drug agents raided 13 San Diego-area marijuana dispensaries on Monday, seizing large quantities of the drug, computers and records in one of the largest crackdowns of its kind in California.

Authorities executed warrants at 11 dispensaries in San Diego and two in the northern suburb of San Marcos as well as the home of one of the shops' owners, said John Fernandes, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

"These were nothing more than a front for distributing marijuana," Fernandes said.

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Steph Sherer of the medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access called the raids outrageous and a cowardly act of an administration that was out of touch with voters. Medical marijuana advocates planned to protest the raids Tuesday outside San Diego's federal courthouse.


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