Pubdate: Sat, 30 Jul 2005
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2005, Canoe Limited Partnership.
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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.
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