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02/10/2004 Archived Entry: "Pot ordered returned to pair"

CALIFORNIA'S ON A ROLL

Debra here again. A judge in Santa Cruz, CA ordered cops to to return a stash of weed to two men.

Police pulled over Leo Beus on Sept. 22 because his car had tinted windows. Beus, 47, and his friend Jon Balesteri, 54, had purchased 18 ounces of marijuana a day earlier at the Oakland Cannabis Buyers Club, said their attorney Ben Rice.

They didn't have their medical prescriptions with them, but police let them go home and retrieve them, Beus said. However, their $3,000-plus worth of marijuana was confiscated for evidence.

Beus and Balesteri were charged with transporting and possessing marijuana for sale, but the charges were later dropped.

Ya gotta wonder why cops needed "evidence" for a case that was dropped.

Posted by Debra @ 09:53 AM CST
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