[Vision2020] Idaho police seize marijuana, arrest Oregon man

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of KHQ at:

http://www.khq.com/story/26353949/idaho-police-seize-marijuana-arrest-oregon-man

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Idaho police seize marijuana, arrest Oregon man

MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho (AP) - An Oregon man is facing a felony drug trafficking charge in southwest Idaho after police say they found 22.5 pounds of marijuana worth about $100,000 in his vehicle.

The Elmore County Sheriff's Office says 53-year-old James Lewis Kelly of Oregon City became nervous during a traffic stop on Thursday.

Kelly refused a request by police to search his vehicle, but a drug-sniffing dog outside the vehicle alerted to the presence of drugs.

Police say a subsequent search found the marijuana in the vehicle.

Kelly on Saturday was being held in the Elmore County Jail with a bail of $100,000.

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In Colorado, the sales tax on $100,000 of cannabis amounts to $29,000.
http://taxfoundation.org/blog/colorado-begins-legal-marijuana-sales-collecting-marijuana-tax

I wonder how much the arrest, trial, and incarceration of this Oregon man is going to cost the Idaho tax-payer.  Hmmm.

Legalize it!  Regulate it!  Tax it!



Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"There's room at the top they are telling you still.
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

- John Lennon
  
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