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S.D. COPS MISTAKE HEMP FOR POT, BURN IT, GET SUED

After an aerial inspection showed what they believed to be a marijuana field, local and federal officers in San Diego raided Wyoming-based Agro Dynamics’ facilities. Now the company is suing law enforcement for allegedly destroying more than $3M in hemp.
Hemp Industry Daily

  • SD’s suit echoes a Kern County case from last fall, in which police destroyed about 3,000 pounds of hemp worth about $3.45M. The suit alleges police were informed the product was legal, yet officers destroyed the hemp regardless.

Quick Hits

  1. Operators who want to do pot business in San Bernardino now must come up with a $200,000 bond. And if the business isn’t running in a year, the city takes it.
    San Bernardino Sun
  2. A Ventura County Sheriff’s investigation of illegal grows in Los Padres National Park turned up about 75,000 unregistered plants, while a Humboldt County bust unearthed 12,857  illegal plants and over 127 pounds of shake. All of which was destroyed.
    MyMotherLode/Lost Coast Outpost
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