Pubdate: Sun, 31 Jul 2005
Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB)
Copyright: 2005 Winnipeg Free Press
Contact:  http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/502
Author: Andrea Woo, CanWest News Service
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?196 (Emery, Marc)

PRINCE OF POT COULD FACE LIFE SENTENCE IN U.S.

VANCOUVER -- Canada's self-proclaimed Prince of Pot is spending the weekend
in a Nova Scotia jail, awaiting a return to Vancouver to face multiple
drug-related charges.

Emery, leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party, was arrested Friday by police in
Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, where he was scheduled as a guest speaker at
a pro-pot rally.

A Halifax Regional Police spokesman said Emery spent Friday night in a
Halifax holding cell, and will spend the rest of the weekend in another
correctional facility.

It's expected Emery will return to Vancouver this week, where he also faces
possible extradition to the United States.

Though no Canadian charges have been laid against Emery, Jeff Eig, public
information officer for the Seattle division of the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA), said that in the U.S., Emery will face charges of
conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, conspiracy to distribute marijuana
seeds conspiracy to engage in money laundering.

American officials allege that Emery sold millions of dollars worth of
marijuana seeds over the Internet to people in the U.S. and around the
world. They estimate that the bulk of his seeds -- 75 per cent -- is sold to
U.S. residents. If Emery is extradited to the U.S., as American officials
want, he could face life in jail.

Emery's arrest came shortly after Vancouver Police raided a business in that
city owned by Emery.

The raid is the result of an 18-month-long investigation involving the
Vancouver Police Department, the U.S. Attorney's office and 38 U.S. DEA
offices.

Two other people were arrested Friday. Gregory Keith Williams, 50, of North
Vancouver, was arrested at the scene of the pro-pot rally, while Michelle
Rainey-Fenkarek, 34, also known as Michelle K. Kale, Emery's assistant, was
arrested at her home. 
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