COPS FIRE POT SHOT IN B.C.

VANCOUVER (CP) -- Police raided a business run by a well-known pot activist
yesterday based on a search warrant requested by the U.S. government.

It wants Marc Emery extradited to face charges related to the sale of
marijuana seeds on the Internet and by mail.

Emery, who is also leader of the B.C. Marijuana party, was not at the store
when it was raided but U.S. justice officials said he was arrested earlier
yesterday by the RCMP in Nova Scotia.

Officers raided the marijuana seed and paraphernalia store in downtown
Vancouver, run by Emery.

The search warrant said Emery, Gregory Williams and Michelle
Rainey-Fenkarek are wanted in the U.S. to face charges of conspiracy to
manufacture marijuana, conspiracy to distribute marijuana seeds and
conspiracy to engage in money laundering.

Williams and Rainey-Fenkarek were arrested by police in Vancouver.

Rod Benson, the special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Agency in
Seattle, said Emery showed "overwhelming arrogance and abuse of the rule of
law," which he said "will no longer be on display or tolerated."

"The message here is clear," he said, "those engaged in the cultivation,
and trafficking of illegal drugs will eventually pay a steep price."