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Small-scale pot busts snared in Border Patrol (inland) stops
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... said Thursday in a statement released to the Seattle P-I and a Port Angeles newspaper. ... John Bates, Border Patrol chief in charge of the Northwest, ... did not back away from what he sees as the Border Patrol's duty to enforce the law. "These are immigration checkpoints. However, if we encounter other violations of law, we are not going to turn our back on them." So the Border Patrol will take the cases to local police to see if they want to file charges, he said. Read more: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/387945_pot15.html
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HorsesAss.Org —
... The PI had a story yesterday on a Jefferson County medical marijuana patient who was caught up in a Border Patrol roadblock near the Hood Canal Bridge. Under new laws, the Border Patrol can set up checkpoints anywhere within 100 miles of the Canadian border. The man, Stephen Dixon, is a 55-year-old disabled veteran who has a doctor’s approval to use medical marijuana for chronic pain. He was a passenger in the car that was stopped by the Border Patrol and had three grams worth of pot (a paper clip weighs one gram). ...
Border Search Nabs Medical Marijuana User
Hit & Run —
... Seattle's Post-Intelligencer ran a story this week that seems to confirm the ACLU's fears. Earlier this year, border patrol agents cited 55-year-old Stephen Dixon for marijuana possession after searching his car at a checkpoint near the U.S.-Canadian border. Dixon wasn't crossing the border, he just happens to live in the area where the feds set up one of their checkpoints (the article describes the checkpoint as "dozens" of miles from the border). ...
Border Search Nabs Medical Marijuana User
The Agitator —
... Seattle’s Post-Intelligencer ran a story this week that seems to confirm the ACLU’s fears. Earlier this year, border patrol agents cited 55-year-old Stephen Dixon for marijuana possession after searching his car at a checkpoint near the U.S.-Canadian border. Dixon wasn’t crossing the border, he just happens to live in the area where the feds set up one of their checkpoints (the article describes the checkpoint as “dozens” of miles from the border). ...
