When Kansas law enforcement officials seized cannabis-related cash from Missouri during a routine traffic stop, they triggered what could be a legal fight that reverberates throughout the nationwide marijuana industry. The deputy pulled over a van and asked where the vehicle was headed. The driver explained she was headed to Kansas City to pick up cash from state-legal medical marijuana facilities to transport to a credit union in Colorado. The sheriff called the Drug Enforcement Administration, which set up surveillance on the driver the next day, watching her pick up cash from several state-licensed dispensaries in Kansas City. When the driver headed back to Colorado, Dickinson County Sheriff’s deputies pulled her over again, but this time seized five bags containing $165,620 in cash.
Source: Kansas City Business Journal
