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Russian Mafia, Not Medicine, Target of Raids

Colorado Dispensaries Raided by Police and FBI

It looks like it was the Russian mafia, not the dispensaries per se, that
was the target of these federal raids.

KUSA 9 News
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=121343&catid=339
August 14, 2009

Raid on Cannamed, Inc., medical marijuana dispensary
CannaMed, 6855 Leetsdale Dr, Denver, CO 80224
Friday, August 14, 2009 approx 11:00 am

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Crime scene tape going up.

Owner in the print shirt and the lawyer in yellow shirt and blue jeans. Lawyer's name is Charlie Crosse of Crosse+Barfield

Lawyer leaning against the side of the bldg on left texting, and a patient and his family wandering around trying to figure out what is going on



Distance shot when a stream of cars all were pulling in at once, this was right before they started marking off the crime scene with tape, over to the right is where they were taking patients in to dispense.


Police

Marked car, unmarked car, owner walking up towards the trailer

FBI searches medical marijuana locations in Colo.

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=121339&catid=339

DENVER - 9Wants to Know has learned federal authorities including the FBI are raiding multiple medical marijuana establishments in Colorado, as part of a separate criminal investigation.

9Wants to Know has confirmed search warrants are being served at multiple locations, including CannaMed on Leetsdale Drive in Denver.

Jeff Dorschner, spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's office in Denver, says the search warrants being served are "part of an ongoing criminal investigation."

FBI Spokesperson Kathy Wright told 9NEWS they are not after the medical marijuana. Instead, Wright said, "Our purpose is not to get the marijuana. We are there for another reason."

Wright continued, "We have the legal authority for a criminal investigation. We were not specifically targeting the marijuana."

If you have more information about this story e-mail the 9Wants to Know investigative team at blowthewhistle@9news.com.

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