Pubdate: Sat, 30 Jul 2005
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Copyright: 2005 The Calgary Sun
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COPS FIRE POT SHOT IN B.C.

VANCOUVER (CP) -- Police raided a business run by a well-known pot activist 
yesterday based on a search warrant requested by the U.S. government.

It wants Marc Emery extradited to face charges related to the sale of 
marijuana seeds on the Internet and by mail.

Emery, who is also leader of the B.C. Marijuana party, was not at the store 
when it was raided but U.S. justice officials said he was arrested earlier 
yesterday by the RCMP in Nova Scotia.

Officers raided the marijuana seed and paraphernalia store in downtown 
Vancouver, run by Emery.

The search warrant said Emery, Gregory Williams and Michelle 
Rainey-Fenkarek are wanted in the U.S. to face charges of conspiracy to 
manufacture marijuana, conspiracy to distribute marijuana seeds and 
conspiracy to engage in money laundering.

Williams and Rainey-Fenkarek were arrested by police in Vancouver.

Rod Benson, the special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Agency in 
Seattle, said Emery showed "overwhelming arrogance and abuse of the rule of 
law," which he said "will no longer be on display or tolerated."

"The message here is clear," he said, "those engaged in the cultivation, 
and trafficking of illegal drugs will eventually pay a steep price."
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