Pot crusader Marc Emery smokes marijuana while holding a plant. (CP file photo)
Supporters of pot crusaders rally in Vancouver
Last Updated Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:45:06 EDT
About 200 people rallied in Vancouver Saturday to protest the arrest of three members of the B.C. Marijuana Party, who are the subject of an extradition request from the U.S. government. Vancouver police armed with a search warrant carried out a raid Friday on a pot-seed store run by party leader Marc Emery. Pot crusader Marc Emery smokes marijuana while holding a plant. (CP file photo) The warrant was executed on behalf of the U.S. government. Emery was arrested by RCMP in central Nova Scotia and is spending the weekend in a Halifax-area jail awaiting his return to Vancouver.
Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek, financial agent for the party, and Greg Williams, an employee of Pot-TV, were taken into custody in Vancouver.
Rainey-Fenkarek was released on bail Friday while Williams remains in custody.
All three face charges in the U.S. of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, distribute seeds and engage in money laundering. Conviction carries a sentence ranging from 10 years to life in prison. American officials are seeking their extradition, a process which could take six months to a year.