<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Colorado, United States: Cannabis Enforcement Tracker</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/us/co/</link><description>New reports of cannabis enforcement in Colorado, United States.</description><language>en</language><item><title>Warrants at seven Speedys and Compadres shops seize 2,135 lb of THC products</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/colorado-springs-speedys-warrant-raid/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/colorado-springs-speedys-warrant-raid/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>Colorado, United States, 2026-10-14. Colorado Springs police, the county sheriff and the DEA searched five Speedys Smoke Shop outlets and two Los Compadres liquor stores on 14 October 2026 over unlicensed THC and psilocybin sales, including sales to minors. CSPD later counted 2,135 lb of THC products, 469 lb of 7-OH and 4.2 lb of psilocybin products; narcotics charges were expected but no arrests were announced that day.</description></item><item><title>1,900 marijuana plants seized from unlicensed grow south of Bennett</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bennett-dutch-valley-road-1900-plants/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bennett-dutch-valley-road-1900-plants/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Colorado, United States, 2026-07-07. Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office and Englewood Police Department teams served a search warrant on July 7 at a 20-acre property on Dutch Valley Road south of Bennett in unincorporated Arapahoe County. The property was not licensed to grow cannabis, and officers seized 1,900 plants, 600 of them harvest-ready, and 40 pounds of packaged marijuana.</description></item><item><title>Fort Collins man arrested over marijuana sales to minors via social media</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/fort-collins-van-mullins-marijuana-sales-to-minors-2025/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/fort-collins-van-mullins-marijuana-sales-to-minors-2025/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Colorado, United States, 2025-06-19. Fort Collins police and a Loveland SWAT team arrested Garett Van Mullins on 19 June 2025 in an investigation into marijuana sales to minors through social media accounts, including ones called &quot;420 Minister&quot; and &quot;I Am Foundation Church&quot;. He was charged with unlawful distribution of marijuana to a minor, a class 3 felony.</description></item><item><title>Federal teams seize 16,436 plants and arrest six north of Rifle, Colorado</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/rifle-five-sites-16436-plants/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/rifle-five-sites-16436-plants/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>Colorado, United States, 2020-08-25. More than 70 officers raided five illegal marijuana grow sites north of Rifle, Colorado, on 25 August 2020, removing 16,436 plants and arresting six men living at the camps. One suspect was injured fleeing across rough terrain; the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Colorado is prosecuting the case.</description></item><item><title>Colorado raids 247 homes in largest black-market cannabis bust</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/denver-247-homes-black-market-takedown-2019/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/denver-247-homes-black-market-takedown-2019/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>Colorado, United States, 2019-05-24. State and federal officers arrested 42 people and seized more than 80,000 plants plus 4,500 pounds of finished marijuana in raids on 247 homes and eight businesses across eight Colorado counties on 22-24 May 2019. Prosecutors called it one of the largest black-market enforcement actions in state history, aimed at grows shipping Colorado marijuana out of state.</description></item><item><title>Five arrested as 340 plants seized in Pueblo West grow bust</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/pueblo-west-cuban-grow-five-arrests/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/pueblo-west-cuban-grow-five-arrests/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Colorado, United States, 2018-10-24. Pueblo County deputies and the DEA searched six Pueblo West homes on 24 October 2018 and arrested five people over an illegal marijuana-growing network. Detectives seized 340 plants and about 70 pounds of dried marijuana worth about $1.2 million and condemned five houses over unsafe grow alterations.</description></item><item><title>62 indicted in Denver &quot;Toker Poker&quot; marijuana trafficking ring</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/denver-toker-poker-ring-indicted/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/denver-toker-poker-ring-indicted/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Prosecution</category><description>Colorado, United States, 2017-06-28. Colorado's attorney general announced on 28 June 2017 the indictment of 62 people and 12 businesses in Operation Toker Poker, the largest illegal-marijuana bust since legalisation, with 2,600 plants and 4,000 pounds seized across five states. Forty-three people had been arrested and 19 were still at large.</description></item><item><title>16 held in Pueblo County illegal grows; 128 plants, 113 kg seized</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/pueblo-county-dual-grow-16-arrests-128-plants/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/pueblo-county-dual-grow-16-arrests-128-plants/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Colorado, United States, 2017-05-08. Pueblo County deputies arrested 16 people in raids on two illegal marijuana grows in Pueblo West and Avondale on 8 and 9 May 2017, most of them Cubans who had moved from Florida. Officers seized 128 plants and 113 kilograms of dried marijuana worth an estimated half a million dollars, with more arrests expected.</description></item><item><title>20,000 plants seized in statewide Colorado illicit-grow crackdown, 32 held</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/colorado-statewide-illicit-grows-2015/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/colorado-statewide-illicit-grows-2015/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Colorado, United States, 2015-10-08. Federal, state and local officers dismantled illicit marijuana grows across Colorado over six weeks, destroying nearly 20,000 plants and seizing more than 300 kg of dried cannabis. Thirty-two people were arrested and face federal drug trafficking charges.</description></item><item><title>25 grow houses raided across Colorado in Operation Sweet Leaf</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/operation-sweet-leaf-raids-2012/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/operation-sweet-leaf-raids-2012/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>Colorado, United States, 2012-01-25. Officers raided 25 homes across metro Denver and Breckenridge on 25 January 2012, seizing 2,749 plants and about 148 pounds of dried marijuana. Task-force officials said the grows supplied out-of-state buyers by mail; a dozen people were arrested at first, with 16 warrants issued.</description></item><item><title>DEA raids televised Denver medical grow, arrests caregiver</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/highlands-ranch-televised-grow-raid-2010/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/highlands-ranch-televised-grow-raid-2010/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>Colorado, United States, 2010-02-12. DEA agents raided caregiver Chris Bartkowicz's Highlands Ranch basement grow on 12 February 2010, a day after he showed it off on Denver television, seizing more than 150 plants. The US attorney announced a federal prosecution carrying up to 40 years.</description></item><item><title>Largest Colorado outdoor grow found in Pike National Forest; two arrested</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/pike-national-forest-deckers-grow/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/pike-national-forest-deckers-grow/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Colorado, United States, 2009-08-28. Federal agents seized about 14,500 marijuana plants in the Pike National Forest near Deckers, the largest outdoor grow ever found in Colorado. Two men were arrested at the cartel-linked site.</description></item><item><title>BLM removes 3,000 pounds of marijuana from public land in Delta County</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/blm-delta-county-3000lbs-2005/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/blm-delta-county-3000lbs-2005/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Colorado, United States, 2005-08-04. Bureau of Land Management agents and partner agencies removed about 3,000 pounds of sensimilla marijuana from a garden on public land in Delta County, Colorado, on 4 August 2005 during an aerial search. Special Agent in Charge John Silence said the site had a street value above $6 million and appeared to have operated for several years.</description></item></channel></rss>