EUGENE, Ore. A business owner charged Friday that a police raid that
netted drugs and cash is part of a vendetta against advocates of using
hemp as an altrenative to more traditional products.

Todd Dalotto is founder of 3yearold Hungry Bear Hemp Foods, which
distributes "Seedy Sweetie" energy bars and other hemp products around
the country.

"It's obvious that what this is about is bringing down the hemp
movement and hemp activists," said Dalotto. He said the imported hemp
seeds in his products contain none of the mindaltering substances in
marijuana and maintains they have been cleared by the federal government.

Guns drawn, Eugene police wearing helmets and carrying gas masks joined
members of an interagency antidrug team Thursday in a raid on a building
housing the Hungry Bear offices and several other businesses.

Police seized business records and computers from Dalotto's office,
along with hemp seeds from his kitchen, where two employees were
packaging "Seedy Sweeties" when police burst in.

Also seized were two pounds of marijuana, a quarter pound of mushrooms
and $5,000 in cash. Police spokeswoman Jan Power declined to say Friday
whether the drugs and cash were found in Dalotto's space or elsewhere in
the building.

Dalotto was not arrested but two men who disobeyed orders to stay off
the premises while it was searched were charged with trespass.