Federal authorities target 71 dispensaries in Los Angeles crackdown
Federal authorities took action against 71 marijuana stores in Los Angeles on 25 September 2012, filing three asset-forfeiture lawsuits, executing three DEA search warrants and sending warning letters to 68 operators and landlords.
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California · California, United States
Federal authorities took action against 71 marijuana stores in Los Angeles on 25 September 2012, covering every known store in the Eagle Rock and downtown areas plus the single known store in Huntington Park.[1][2]Prosecutors filed three civil asset-forfeiture lawsuits against Eagle Rock properties housing the Together for Change Collective, House of Kush and ER Collective, and mailed warning letters to the operators and landlords of 68 stores giving them 14 days to comply with federal law.[1][2]
The Drug Enforcement Administration, with the Los Angeles Police Department, executed federal search warrants at three stores: the Happy Ending Collective on North Spring Street, the Green Light Pharmacy on South Lorena Street and the Fountain of Wellbeing on Fountain Avenue.[1][2]US Attorney André Birotte Jr. said the sale and distribution of marijuana violated federal law and that the operations showed his office intended to enforce it.[1]The actions were carried out with the cooperation of the Los Angeles Police Department, the District Attorney’s Office and the City Attorney’s Office.[1]
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