I colordao a man was caught growing over 1000 plants .... NO FED got involved at all....At the grand jury trail he won... proved all what he was growing was for medical patients...they had to give it all back:thumbsup:

In Grand Junction, Colorado, a strange odor in the Government census office resulted in a search warrant being executed next door and the discovery and seizure of 1,000 marijuana plants. Sid Squirrel, who owns the building and is a realtor, says the plants are his, and he's growing them in compliance with state law. Also found: 300 file folders containing cards of medical marijuana patients.

Colorado law allows patients to possess up to two ounces of marijuana or six plants. Patients can also designate a caregiver. So for each patient who designated Mr. Squirrel as his or her caregiver, Squirrel can grow 6 plants. If 300 patients designated him as a caregiver, he could grow 1,800 plants and be in compliance with state law.

Font Size: Complaints about a strange odor coming from a local office complex leads to police executing a search warrant. Inside they found more than a thousand marijuana plants.

The warrant was issued for a building on Crete Circle after police came to check things out and smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming ten feet from the back door of the building. According to a search warrant, a kā??9 unit confirmed their suspicions.

The owner of the building, Sid Squirrel, was contacted and informed about the warrant. Court documents say that during a phone call with police, Squirrel confirmed that this location is his personal business and he grows marijuana for Naturals, a local dispensary. Police say while executing their search warrant they found a lot of weed. "Members of the Western Colorado Joint Drug Task Force executed the search warrant on Tuesday and found approximately 1000 marijuana plants growing inside the building," says Kate Porras of The Grand Junction Police Department.

Police confiscated medical records found on site and are currently checking to see if the business is working within the regulations of amendment 20. 11 news did some digging to find out what it takes to be a medical marijuana grower. We found outā?? not much. All you have to do is be listed as a caregiver in the state of Colorado is to be listed as a caregiver by a patient when they register for their medical marijuana license.

Under amendment 20, a caregiver can grow six plants per patient. The search warrant says 1,084 plants were found and 308 patient files. Some of those files were duplicated patients though. Police say so far charges haven't been filed and they are still checking to see if the plantā??to-patient ratio is correct. So far no arrests have been made.

Of course, under federal law, growing or possessing marijuana is illegal. We talked to the feds today and they told us they are staying out of this