The Latest Local Pot Bust

The Negatives of Marijuana by swamibu
Despite Seattle's herb-friendly reputation, there sure have been a lot of highly publicized marijuana arrests lately. Every time we refresh the local news sites it seems there is a new headline about an even larger scale bust. KIRO 7 has even started calling them "marijuana raids"--which is so Prohibition Era of them.
Apparently, the latest pot bust is even more exciting because the arrest came through a Crimestoppers citizen tip. According to KIRO's report on the arrest, two Lakewood brothers were arrested on Friday after police discovered "more than 200 marijuana plants, several pounds of marijuana ready to sell and a total of $256,000...61 firearms were found, including several assault rifles and a large number of hand guns."
The brothers—William and Guy Henry—remain in jail on charges of unlawful manufacturing of a controlled substance and unlawful possession with intent to distribute.
When we read this, we thought, nothing about those 61 weapons in the charges? We know (unless it is for medicinal purposes) you can't legally have one pot plant in Washington--but can anyone have 61 guns, including assault rifles? 61 weapons is just three weapons short of being able to arm a US Army Platoon with two weapons each. But what they're worried about are the marijuana plants? Does that seem backwards to anyone else?
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