Authorities revealed during testimony at a board of supervisors
meeting last week that there was a raid in April of the Purple
Cross marijuana dispensary on Bolsa Road and also of the collective
director’s house.
Authorities revealed during testimony at a board of supervisors meeting last week that there was a raid in April of the Purple Cross marijuana dispensary on Bolsa Road.
Deputy Sheriff Michael Moll, a county sheriff’s deputy who works for the Unified Narcotics Enforcement Team, noted to county supervisors Friday that he led a raid on Purple Cross after two undercover agents from Santa Clara County obtained medical marijuana cards so they could make purchases at the dispensary.
The San Benito County Board of Supervisors on Friday officially declared that the Purple Cross Rx medical marijuana dispensary near Hollister is a public nuisance and it must be abated.
Moll noted that the person at the front desk couldn’t verify the cards, but said “it’s good enough” and returned them to the officers and sold them marijuana.
“Neither of the undercover officers were asked what kind of ailment they have,” he said at the meeting.
UNET confiscated more than 1,600 grams of processed marijuana, 59 grams of hash and 135 immature pot plants during its raid. It also took receipt books that noted nearly $94,000 in sales, mostly from January through April, as well as a receipt book that noted more than $8,300 in payments from Purple Cross to vendors.
During that time, dispensary owner Scott McPhail was also stopped by deputies and his house was raided. No charges have been filed as a result of the raid, McPhail’s attorney noted.
