Officials in Denver, Colorado, earlier this month revoked four business licenses for a cannabis dispensary and cultivation facility after an employee was arrested in an interstate drug case, The Denver Post reports. The decision from Denver’s Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection also cited signage issues, security violations, and violations of regulations requiring electronic tags on plants.
According to the final decision letter outlined by the Post, Eileen Steamer, wife of the owner of Blazin OG and the company’s compliance manager, was arrested last year in Nebraska with 31 pounds of cannabis that she said she was taking to friends in Michigan. She was charged with two felonies – intent to distribute marijuana and lack of a tax stamp. She pleaded no contest and was fined $10,000, the report says.
The arrest sparked an investigation by Denver officials. The inspectors found 2,606 cannabis plants in Blazin OG’s flower rooms that did not have the required electronic tags attached to the plants; instead, the tags were lying in the soil.
Officials said that Blazin OG also failed to post several “Restricted Access” signs, including at a cultivation area and where cash was kept. Blazin OG was also accused of failing to store security camera footage for the required 30 days, with inspectors finding only a single day of footage. In the final letter, officials contend that