POT STORE RAIDED AT U.S. REQUEST

VANCOUVER (CP) -- Police raided a business run by a well-known pot activist
yesterday.

The raid was based on a search warrant requested by the U.S. government,
which wants Marc Emery and two others extradited to face charges related to
the sale of marijuana seeds on the Internet and by mail. Emery, who is
leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party, was arrested earlier in Nova Scotia by
the RCMP, according to U.S. Justice officials. Gregory Williams and
Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek were picked up in Vancouver.

Authorization for city police to conduct the raid was given under the
Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act. Officers raided the
marijuana seed and paraphernalia store in downtown Vancouver that is run by
Emery, who the warrant also described by his alias "The Prince of Pot."

Jeff Sullivan, chief of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's
Office, told a news conference in Seattle that the United States is seeking
the extradition of Emery, Williams and Rainey-Fenkarek on charges of
conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, conspiracy to distribute marijuana
seeds and conspiracy to engage in money laundering, after they were
indicted by a federal grand jury in May following an investigation into the
sale of marijuana seeds on the Internet and by mail.