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$50,000 in marijuana stolen from Seattle dispensary

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[h=2]$50,000 in marijuana stolen from Seattle dispensary[/h]
Someone cut a hole in the wall at a Georgetown medical marijuana dispensary and made off with $50,000 worth of pot this morning, Seattle police said.
Officers were called to the dispensary in the 5000 block of East Marginal Way South at 6:50 a.m. and discovered a large hole had been cut into the side of the business, police said. Officers also found marijuana strewn around the dispensary.
The business owner told officers that thieves had taken $50,000 of medical marijuana.
An evidence technician was able to recover fingerprints and other evidence from the scene as well as video from surveillance cameras in the area.
$50,000 in marijuana stolen from Seattle dispensary | The Today File | Seattle Times
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Well that didn't take long...
 
Top Cat said:
[h=2]$50,000 in marijuana stolen from Seattle dispensary[/h]


Well that didn't take long...
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Meh...the University of Washington is getting ready for rush week. It will be gone in a month. In the meantime, expect long lines at the Taco Bell and Jack in the Box.
 
Top Cat said:
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Well that didn't take long...
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Unfortunately theft of marijuana happens a lot, legal or otherwise, at least with it being a legal dispensary, there were no guns or violence involved as there would've been in an illegal marijuana theft.
 
Summerwind said:
Unfortunately theft of marijuana happens a lot, legal or otherwise, at least with it being a legal dispensary, there were no guns or violence involved as there would've been in an illegal marijuana theft.
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:roll: The same exact thing can happen at someones house as happened at that store. So saying that bold part was just a useless swipe.
 
Summerwind said:
Unfortunately theft of marijuana happens a lot, legal or otherwise, at least with it being a legal dispensary, there were no guns or violence involved as there would've been in an illegal marijuana theft.
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Now that's a really dumb and false generalization.
 
Top Cat said:
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Well that didn't take long...
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To get robbed? What business with valuable commodities doesn't get stolen from or held up?
 
Jango said:
To get robbed? What business with valuable commodities doesn't get stolen from or held up?
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They have been open all of about a month.
 
Kal'Stang said:
:roll: The same exact thing can happen at someones house as happened at that store. So saying that bold part was just a useless swipe.
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The difference is, $50k in stolen cannabis will not be reported to the police.
 
Kal'Stang said:
Is this somehow proving him wrong? Cause I don't see it.
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Not a matter of proving anyone wrong. Simply a matter of perspective that was evidently lacking.
 
Kal'Stang said:
:roll: The same exact thing can happen at someones house as happened at that store. So saying that bold part was just a useless swipe.
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Except when I read about it happening at someone's house, it usually also has an indication that guns were involved and someone was shot. Not so here, so you can ignore anything you want, but when things are legal, there is less violence.
 
Top Cat said:
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Well that didn't take long...
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Top Cat said:
They have been open all of about a month.
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This one business has, but Colorado has been open longer. Regardless let's look at some statistics of other things

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-23

Robbery by location (2011):
Street/highway 127,403
Commercial house 37,885
Gas or service station 7,009
Convenience store 14,863
Residence 49,361
Bank 5,777
Miscellaneous 48,878

Burglary by location (2011):
Residence (dwelling): 1,430,740
Residence Night 388,630
Residence Day 754,876
Residence Unknown 287,234
Nonresidence (store, office, etc.): 488,860
Nonresidence Night 199,807
Nonresidence Day 172,587
Nonresidence Unknown 116,466

And we're worried about one dispensary that was burglarized without anyone being harmed in any way? So they buy a bigger safe, file an insurance claim, and life goes on.
 
Kushinator said:
Not a matter of proving anyone wrong. Simply a matter of perspective that was evidently lacking.
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Summerwind said:
Except when I read about it happening at someone's house, it usually also has an indication that guns were involved and someone was shot. Not so here, so you can ignore anything you want, but when things are legal, there is less violence.
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We all know that the media is sensationalistic and rarely, if ever, reports on a home burglary where no violence happened and the police have no clue as to the perps. The only reason this story is such a big thing is due to it being in a state that has legalized MJ. Otherwise it more than likely would never have made the news. A police blot maybe. Not the news.
 
Jango said:
It happens more than you think in this post-2008 economy.
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Oh, because theft never happened in pre-2008 economy.
 
shrubnose said:
Does this shock anyone?

The stuff has value, therefore people steal it.

It's like green gold.
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Agreed.

Also, once it becomes generally available everywhere the prices should flatten out, though the sin taxes will compensate somewhat.

This should especially be the case with marijuana, as it is pretty simple to grow, compared to alcohol and tobacco, so there will be a lot of amateur competition.

People still steal and illegally import cigarettes, so it's going to happen, but I don't think it's considered a serious problem.

And now that legal growers and distributors can call the cops when they are robbed, that removes one of the reasons they have been targeted in the past.
 
year2late said:
Oh, because theft never happened in pre-2008 economy.
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Of course it did. But when a country's economy tanks, a lot of people get left out in rain.
 
anyone disagree that the perps are probably now burning the evidence
 
Μολὼν λαβέ;1063613282 said:
One down, millions to go. I'll wait for you to show where guns are used in every illegal pot theft. :popcorn2:
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Your strawman has no power here.

That violence has been historically associated with blackmarket cannabis dealings is simply a matter of fact.
 
Summerwind said:
Unfortunately theft of marijuana happens a lot, legal or otherwise, at least with it being a legal dispensary, there were no guns or violence involved as there would've been in an illegal marijuana theft.
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Lol !!

So they committed grand larceny peacefully " ??
 
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