Whoopsie daisy! The federal agents who raided Oaksterdam had expired tags.
D'oh!
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/vehicle-used-agents-raided-oaksterdam-university-reportedly-had-194508410.html
U.S. marshals on Monday, along with federal agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and Internal Revenue Service, raided a Bay Area medical marijuana training facility known as "Oaksterdam University."...
"Clearly, they're trying to knock down one of the leaders in the cannabis reform movement," Oaksterdam Executive Chancellor Dale Sky Jones said.
While both sides debate the legality and necessity of the raid, a Twitter user going by the name "Octal," snapped a picture of what he claims is a van with expired tags used by agents in the raid. In the tagline below his picture, Octal writes, "The DEA agents raiding oaksterdam are in vans with expired tags."
In a 2010 executive order, then-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared illegal possession of up to an ounce of marijuana an "infraction," punishable by up to a $100 fine.
Here's the van, with the 'MAR' sticker clearly visible in the upper left of the plate: