Federal Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents are seizing legal cannabis products in New Mexico during product shipments from the southern to northern parts of the state KFOX14/CBS4 reports. The seizures, which the CPB says are legal under federal law, have been occurring for months.
“Although medical and recreational marijuana may be legal in some U.S. States and Canada, the sale, possession, production, and distribution of marijuana or the facilitation of the aforementioned remain illegal under U.S. federal law … arriving at a U.S. port of entry, or at a Border Patrol checkpoint may be deemed inadmissible and/or subject to, seizure, fines, and/or arrest.” — CBP in a statement via KFOX14/CBS4
Ryan Strand, owner of Smokey Roads Farms in the Las Cruces area, said his company has “lost about $20,000 worth of product” in the CPB seizures. His farm is located south of CPB checkpoints.
In a phone call leaked earlier this month, outlined by KOB4, Gov. Lujan Grisham (D) said she was “frustrated” by the CPB seizures and that she has expressed those concerns to Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas. A spokesperson for Grisham told KOB4 that the recorded conversation was