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Feds charge owner of Bangor head shop with growing, selling pothttp://bangordailynews.com/2017/09/22/news/bangor/feds-charge-owner-of-bangor-head-shop-with-growing-selling-pot/
The owner of a head shop and hookah lounge in downtown Bangor is facing federal drug and money laundering charges.
Christopher Ruhlin, 48, of Holden, owner of Herbal Tea & Tobacco, located at 44 Main St., and his employee, Terrence Sawtelle, 48, of Bangor, were indicted Sept. 14 by a federal grand jury on one count each of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana.
Ruhlin, who has owned the shop since 2011, also was indicted on two counts of maintaining a drug-involved place and seven counts of structuring bank transactions to avoid reporting deposits of $10,000 or more to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The government also is seeking to seize the Frankfort and Bangor properties where marijuana allegedly was grown and sold and the cash Ruhlin allegedly made selling pot.
Maine voters approved marijuana for recreational use in November, seven years after endorsing the use of medical marijuana. President Donald Trumps Attorney General Jeffrey Sessions has said he would prosecute marijuana dealers since the drug still is illegal under federal law.
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And so it begins...... (Original Post)
jpak
Sep 2017
OP
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)1. What a convoluted country we live in. What the people want doesn't matter. n/t
essaynnc
(799 posts)2. Oh, but STATE'S RIGHTS !!!! n/t
jpak
(41,756 posts)4. State's rights are only for racists in confederate states
yup
MuseRider
(34,095 posts)3. What about
state's rights?
Of all the damned things to come after people for.