California pair had $2.3M worth of marijuana in motor home when deputy pulled them ov

[Cebu_4_2]

$3397lb $212oz Who would pay that? Someone got ripped off.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/01/16/california-pair-23m-worth-marijuana-motor-home-deputy-pulled-wise-county

California pair had $2.3M worth of marijuana in motor home when deputy pulled them over in Wise County

A man and woman road-tripping from California were stopped Sunday in Wise County with more than $2 million worth of marijuana in their motor home, Sheriff Lane Akin said.

A sheriff's deputy saw the motor home swerving across the center and shoulder stripes. The deputy conducted a traffic stop about 4 p.m. on Texas 114 near U.S. 287 in Rhome and found the marijuana inside, Akin said.

In all, 677 pounds of marijuana worth $2.3 million was seized.

David Kwan, 59, and Cuixin Chen, 45, both from Gardena, Calif. were arrested. They were booked Monday into the Wise County Jail on a marijuana possession charge. Bail has been set at $35,000 for each of them.

Their relationship to each other was not available. The pair told officials they were traveling to Dallas, Akin said.

"I would strongly suspect it was illegally obtained in California and certainly illegally transported to ... Texas," he said.

Samples of the marijuana will be sent to a lab for analysis and the rest will be kept in Wise County until an order is given to destroy it.

[Hitch]

Samples of the marijuana will be sent to a lab for analysis and the rest will be kept in Wise County until an order is given to destroy it.

Yeah right it will be destroyed. That's a lot of money to feed the CHP pensions. Likely the marijuana will be funneled into a legal dispensary and sold to the public. Cha-ching for the police on this one.

[cheka.]

i hear that hydro crap is expensive. so they bought in cali, driving to dallas to sell it at a mark up. has to be a lot that going on

[old steel]

Idiots!

You never ever break any traffic rules hauling any amount of something that is illegal.

Sounds like they were using it driving back.

[Cebu_4_2]

Idiots!

You never ever break any traffic rules hauling any amount of something that is illegal.

Sounds like they were using it driving back.

No clue, there are ways to do shit incognito. The BS posts about them swerving at other vehicles due to road rage feeds the feds.

[hoarder]

Idiots!

You never ever break any traffic rules hauling any amount of something that is illegal.

Sounds like they were using it driving back.Yeah, there was a case like this of an elderly couple hauling a load of MJ in a Toyota pickup last week. They were pulled over for driving like they were stoned. They broke the dope smugglers first rule: Do not drive like you're stoned when smuggling dope.

[crimethink]

Pigs routinely make shit up, so it's not certain these folks did anything wrong. If a pig sees a foreign plate (e.g., California in Texas, as in the OP), the pig claims the vehicle was "driving erratically" to "justify" the stop. Then they go snooping and/or the owner(s)/occupant(s) are stupid enough to give permission for a comprehensive search.

As Hitch points out, the "contraband" will not "be destroyed." It will soon "go missing" from the evidence vault.

[crimethink]

Here in the Emerald Triangle, it's very interesting to watch producers attempt to "follow the law" in regards to "now-legal" recreational marijuana.

Despite having permits from Mendocino County and an explicit statement of policy from the new Bureau of Cannabis Control, the CHP and MCSO confiscated their permitted cannabis:


https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/chips-ahoy-the-mystery-of-the-missing-mendocino-marijuana

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/7806080-181/pot-bust-in-mendocino-county


Officer Jake Slates, a spokesman for the CHP’s Ukiah office, said he couldn’t comment on the case because the investigating officer was out of the office. Speaking generally, Slates said there is no lawful avenue to transport commercial marijuana until 2018.

“Let’s say they went through and got all the documentation and it’s 100 percent legal — it’s still illegal because it’s before Jan. 1, 2018,” Slates said.

But a spokesman for the California Bureau of Cannabis Control said Tuesday that medical marijuana businesses with local licenses and permits can operate before January.

At stake is 1,875 pounds of cannabis plants and the livelihoods of six cannabis farmers and one distribution business. The plant material was mostly trim and unmanicured dried flowers and was en route to Old Kai’s Ukiah warehouse where it would be weighed, broken down into batches, and tested for pesticides and fungus. Then it would be taken to various manufacturers, mostly to be made into concentrates used in vape cartridges.

Old Kai’s attorney, Joe Rogoway, issued a letter Dec. 25 to the CHP and several Mendocino County departments including the Sheriff’s Office and Mendocino Major Crimes Task Force demanding law enforcement preserve the evidence. Rogoway said he spoke with Mendocino County lawyers who said they would try to ensure the evidence is preserved and not destroyed.

Mendocino County Counsel Katharine Elliott learned about the incident Tuesday morning and was looking into the matter, but declined to comment specifically on the case. Her office is closed this week and the lawyer with most knowledge about the county’s cannabis rules was not available to comment on whether Old Kai was in full compliance, Elliott said.

Old Kai appears to have all the documents needed to lawfully operate in Mendocino County, according to the county ordinance and documents provided by Rogoway. Mendocino County’s rules for distribution companies went into effect in November. Old Kai has a zoning clearance and a business license dated Dec. 19, 2017, and signed by Mendocino County Treasurer-Tax Collector Shari L. Schapmire.

“The county says, ‘Come out of the shadows. We are here to support you. We will permit you. You’re safe.’ Then this happens,” Rogoway said. “That’s a terrible indictment to the county’s policy.”



Lesson: never trust the government, and especially not their pig enforcers.