Marijuana grower loses to robbers, then police

[BlueJessamine]

Source: Seattle Times

A Wallingford resident who operates a medical-marijuana-growing site for himself and other ill patients saw his crop of drugs raided twice Tuesday — once by police.

Mark Spohn, 48, called police after four men dressed like FBI agents burst into his home around 11 a.m., according to his attorney Douglas Hiatt.

During the robbery, Spohn and a group of assistants from a medical-marijuana education group were ordered to the floor at gunpoint, Hiatt said.

When Seattle police arrived at the home in the 3800 block of Wallingford Avenue North and found Spohn had more than the 15 marijuana plants allowed under state Department of Health guidelines, much of the grow was disassembled.


Read more: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009266184_potraid.html

[slampoet]

1. It's easier to pick on a Cancer patient, especially when you are a cop.

[maxsolomon]

2. i used to live 2 blocks from there during the grunge era

and there is a high-end italian restaurant, cantinetta, virtually next door. wallingford is as seattle as seattle gets.

the drug war must end.

[Suich]

3. According to the article, Spohn had more than 100 plants,

so the cops took all but the 15 allowed by law. What was taken during the robbery by the 4 fake FBI agents?

:shrug: