Cannabis

multigraincracker

(34,077 posts) Sat Jul 10, 2021, 04:17 PM Jul 2021

federal agents didn't believe him

Feds seize 2,270 lbs of 'highly potent' Canadian marijuana at the border worth $3.6M

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2021/07/10/feds-seize-highly-potent-canadian-marijuana-border/7919570002/

A Canadian trucker has landed in America's federal court system, accused of smuggling more than 2,270 pounds of 'highly potent' Canadian marijuana into Detroit, court records show.

The trucker said he had no idea that he was hauling weed across international lines, according to court records, though federal agents didn't believe him — not given the amount of weed they found: 2,048 vacuum sealed packages of marijuana worth $3.6 million.

"Based on experience ... the quantity of controlled substances seized is consistent with large scale smuggling/distribution activities," a Homeland Security agent wrote in an affidavit filed in federal court this week, noting the bust was part of a bigger drug trend.

I thought it was legal in Michigan?

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federal agents didn't believe him (Original Post) multigraincracker Jul 2021 OP

Was it the good stuff?... IrishAfricanAmerican Jul 2021 #1

Feds seem to be spending a lot of time finding hidden pot questionseverything Jul 2021 #2

"I thought it was legal in Michigan?" SeattleVet Jul 2021 #3

IrishAfricanAmerican

(4,174 posts)

1. Was it the good stuff?...

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Sat Jul 10, 2021, 04:23 PM

Jul 2021

questionseverything

(10,149 posts)

2. Feds seem to be spending a lot of time finding hidden pot

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Sat Jul 10, 2021, 07:35 PM

Jul 2021

I guess no real crime is happening?

SeattleVet

(5,590 posts)

3. "I thought it was legal in Michigan?"

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Sat Jul 10, 2021, 11:41 PM

Jul 2021

Doesn't matter, as long as it's still illegal at the federal level, and they're hauling it across an international border. Each state also has their own laws...most require it to have been produced in that state

It's legal here in Washington state, too, but I can't hop on a plane with an ounce or two and fly to another state where it may also be legal without risking arrest.

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