PRINCE OF POT WAITS FOR U.S. EXTRADITION IN EAST COAST JAIL

Protesters Keep Up Vigil in Vancouver Over Arrest of Marc Emery

VANCOUVER -- Canada's self-proclaimed Prince of Pot is spending the
weekend in a Nova Scotia jail, awaiting a return to Vancouver to face
multiple drug-related charges.

Meanwhile, a group of about 100 toke-toting supporters gathered in
Vancouver Saturday to protest Marc Emery's arrest.

Emery, leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party, was arrested Friday by
police in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, where he was scheduled as a
guest speaker at a pro-pot rally.

Const. Mark Hobeck of the Halifax Regional Police said Saturday that
Emery, 47, spent Friday night in a Halifax holding cell, and will
spend the rest of the weekend in another correctional facility.

It's expected Emery will return to Vancouver this week, where he also
faces possible extradition to the United States.

Though no Canadian charges have been laid against Emery, Jeff Eig,
public information officer for the Seattle division of the U.S.
federal Drug Enforcement Administration, said that Emery will face
charges of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, conspiracy to
distribute marijuana seeds and conspiracy to engage in money laundering.

American officials allege that Emery sold millions of dollars worth of
marijuana seeds over the Internet to people in the U.S., which
accounted for 75 per cent of his market.

If Emery is extradited to the U.S., he could face life in
prison.

Emery's arrest came shortly after Vancouver police raided a business
in that city owned by Emery.

On Saturday, about 100 supporters demonstrated at Vancouver's Victoria
Square Park to express their disgust over the police raid.

Among the protesters, many of whom were toking in solidarity with
Emery, was a man dressed up as the American icon "Uncle Scam." He
reflected the anti-American sentiment of the crowd.

"Turn in your pot! I own you," the Uncle Scam mascot yelled into the
crowd as he mock-beat protesters with an American flag.

The protest was held in a park across the street from the site of
Emery's raided business.

The raid is the result of an 18-month-long investigation involving the
Vancouver Police Department, the U.S. Attorney's office and 38 DEA
offices.

Vancouver police conducted the raid acting on a Canadian search
warrant based on American charges through the Mutual Legal Assistance
in Criminal Matters act.

Two other people were also arrested Friday. Gregory Keith Williams,
50, of North Vancouver, was arrested at the scene, while Michelle
Rainey-Fenkarek, also known as Michelle K. Kale, Emery's 34-year-old
assistant, was arrested at her home.

Emery, 47, was arrested at a Nova Scotia pro-pot rally, organized by
the group Maritimers Unite for Medical Marijuana.

In a statement, DEA administrator Karen Tandy said Emery and his
organization was "one of the attorney general's most wanted
international drug trafficking organizational targets -- one of only
46 in the world, and the only one from Canada." Jeff Sullivan,
assistant U.S. attorney, said it could be "anywhere from six months to
two years before [Emery] is in America facing charges."