Wash. city returns 202 marijuana plants, 6 pounds of dried pot to patients after raid
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The city of Lynnwood, Wash., has returned 202 dead marijuana plants and 6 pounds of drying pot that was seized from a group of medical marijuana patients more than a year ago.
Seattle lawyer Aaron Pelley says Lynnwood police seized the marijuana, as well as lights and other growing equipment, during a May 2012raid. He says the patients were following the state's medical marijuana law, and no criminal charges were filed.
Pelley and two other attorneys wrote a letter to city officials, demanding they return the items or pay nearly $1 million, the estimated value of the property. The mayor signed off on the return of the pot, and Pelley picked it up Tuesday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Pelley says the pot is no longer good for smoking but might be used to make cannabis oil or marijuana-infused products.
Deputy Chief Bryan Stanifer says the police department wasn't happy about returning the marijuana, but also wasn't interested in facing a lawsuit.