Pubdate: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB) Copyright: 2005, Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.canoe.com/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?196 (Emery, Marc) POT STORE RAIDED AT U.S. REQUEST VANCOUVER (CP) -- Police raided a business run by a well-known pot activist yesterday. The raid was based on a search warrant requested by the U.S. government, which wants Marc Emery and two others extradited to face charges related to the sale of marijuana seeds on the Internet and by mail. Emery, who is leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party, was arrested earlier in Nova Scotia by the RCMP, according to U.S. Justice officials. Gregory Williams and Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek were picked up in Vancouver. Authorization for city police to conduct the raid was given under the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act. Officers raided the marijuana seed and paraphernalia store in downtown Vancouver that is run by Emery, who the warrant also described by his alias "The Prince of Pot." Jeff Sullivan, chief of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's Office, told a news conference in Seattle that the United States is seeking the extradition of Emery, Williams and Rainey-Fenkarek on charges of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, conspiracy to distribute marijuana seeds and conspiracy to engage in money laundering, after they were indicted by a federal grand jury in May following an investigation into the sale of marijuana seeds on the Internet and by mail. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom