Pubdate: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 Source: Vancouver 24hours (CN BC) Copyright: 2005, Canoe Inc Contact: http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3837 Author: Irwin Loy, 24 hours Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?196 (Emery, Marc) POT ARREST FURORE B.C.'s own "Prince of Pot" will have his day in court after being arrested over the weekend. Marc Emery, leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party, is expected in B.C. Supreme Court today for his bail hearing after being arrested in Halifax on Friday. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration wants Emery and two co-defendants, Greg Williams and Michelle Rainey, extradited to face prosecution in Seattle over charges of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana seeds and money laundering. The RCMP helped out in the arrest, which enraged Kirk Tousaw of the Marijuana Party. "We know the U.S. has different points of view on social issues, but we do not accept the U.S. is entitled to come into our country an tell us how to run our affairs," Tousaw told 24 hours yesterday But the DEA claims seeds sold by Emery's online business, www.emeryseeds.com, are used in illegal pot crops in the U.S. Emery faces life in prison in the U.S. if he's extradited. Meanwhile, Vision Vancouver mayoral candidate Jim Green and NPA Coun. Sam Sullivan remained neutral in their comments, although both have thrown their support behind liberal initiatives including Vancouver's proposed new drug policy report, which recommends the legalization of marijuana. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom