MORE THAN 100 MARIJUANA PLANTS SEIZED IN CLATSKANIE

CLATSKANIE - Oregon State Police, following up on a tip from the
Washington State Patrol, seized approximately 105 marijuana plants
Friday afternoon from a Clatskanie-area residence. No arrests were
made but the case is being referred to the Columbia County District
Attorney's Office for review.

According to a news release from OSP, on Friday WSP troopers stopped
a 2006 Dodge Ram pickup driven by Darrel R. Lundeen, 58, of
Clatskanie, for speeding on Interstate 205 southbound near milepost
35. During the stop, WSP troopers arrested Lundeen after finding
individual packages of marijuana totaling 175 grams, as well as drug
paraphernalia, in Lundeen's vehicle, the news release said

WSP contacted Columbia Enforcement Narcotics Team Oregon State Police
Detective Jeromy Hasenkamp with information that Lundeen admitted
growing marijuana at his Clatskanie home to give to people for
medical purposes.

Detective Hasenkamp, along with OSP troopers and Clatskanie police,
went to Lundeen's residence in the 15000 block of River Front Road in
Clatskanie, where Lundeen consented to a search. According to the
news release, troopers seized approximately 105 marijuana plants in
various stages of growth.

Although Lundeen is registered to grow medical marijuana for himself,
the amount is above the number of plants an individual is allowed to
possess under Oregon law, the news release said.

Lundeen was not taken into custody in Oregon.

Under Oregon's Medical Marijuana Act, which became law through a
ballot initiative in 1998, a person who grows marijuana for a patient
must be registered through the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program and
is required to have a grow site card displayed. The authorized person
is limited to growing marijuana for up to four patients, and is
limited to growing 18 seedlings or starts and six mature plants per
patient. The seized marijuana plants were above the number Lundeen
was authorized to grow, the news release said.

There currently are 11,104 patients in Oregon with medical marijuana
permits.