AUTHORITIES RAIDED POT DISPENSARY, OWNER'S HOUSE

Authorities revealed during testimony at a board of supervisors
meeting last week that there was a raid in April of the Purple Cross
marijuana dispensary on Bolsa Road.

Deputy Sheriff Michael Moll, a county sheriff's deputy who works for
the Unified Narcotics Enforcement Team, noted to county supervisors
Friday that he led a raid on Purple Cross after two undercover agents
from Santa Clara County obtained medical marijuana cards so they could
make purchases at the dispensary.

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors on Friday officially
declared that the Purple Cross Rx medical marijuana dispensary near
Hollister is a public nuisance and it must be abated.

Moll noted that the person at the front desk couldn't verify the
cards, but said "it's good enough" and returned them to the officers
and sold them marijuana.

"Neither of the undercover officers were asked what kind of ailment
they have," he said at the meeting.

UNET confiscated more than 1,600 grams of processed marijuana, 59
grams of hash and 135 immature pot plants during its raid. It also
took receipt books that noted nearly $94,000 in sales, mostly from
January through April, as well as a receipt book that noted more than
$8,300 in payments from Purple Cross to vendors.

During that time, dispensary owner Scott McPhail was also stopped by
deputies and his house was raided. No charges have been filed as a
result of the raid, McPhail's attorney noted.