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Feds raid Oakland pot university
Whew. I feel safer now. :sarcasm icon not necessary:
(04-02) 10:41 PDT Oakland -- Federal agents swooped in Monday morning to search Oaksterdam University in Oakland, the state's first cannabis industry training school.
Agents with the U.S. Marshals Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Internal Revenue Service's criminal investigation division are searching the school at the corner of 16th Street and Broadway, in the heart of the city's widely recognized downtown cannabis-oriented district, authorities said.
Federal investigators were seen entering the school with power saws and a sledgehammer. The school has been cordoned off by yellow caution tape.
Arlette Lee, an IRS spokeswoman, said she could not say why the agents were there other than to confirm that they were serving a federal search warrant. ...............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/02/BABJ1NTK9T.DTL#ixzz1qufYfiiw