Pubdate: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 Source: Terrace Standard (CN BC) Copyright: 2009 Terrace Standard Contact: http://www.terracestandard.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1329 Author: Margaret Speirs Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal - Canada) POT LICENCE PREVENTS CHARGES A COUPLE facing charges of running a grow-op in their home will not see additional charges from a second police raid on their house. Larry Tallon and his wife Lynda had police break down their door in March 2008 after officers believed they were continuing to operate a grow-op that police had found on their first raid on the Halliwell home in September 2007. However, in March, the Tallons produced a medical marijuana licence, allowing them to grow a certain number of plants, keep a specified amount of cultivated marijuana on hand and take a certain amount with them if they travelled, for Tallon's undisclosed medical condition. Police verified the licence was real and left the house. Late last week, police confirmed that charges will not be forwarded to prosecutors for the March raid on Tallon's house. "No charges will be forwarded on the Tallon file you mention," said Terrace RCMP spokesperson Const. Cindy Nunes. "Yes a valid medical licence was produced, a file was generated and it has been concluded." After the March raid last year, then-Const. Clint Lange, who was with the detachment's drug squad at time of the raids, said police were wondering how the Tallons got the medical marijuana licence and whether the Tallons had informed the government about the trafficking charges against them when they applied for the licence. Tallon later said he didn't tell the government about the charges against him when applying for the licence because the application form didn't ask that question. His lawyer, Donald Skogstad, a drug lawyer from Kamloops, believed his clients received their medical marijuana licence about a month before the second police raid. Tallon could not be reached for comment. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D