Federal prosecutors dismissed a forfeiture case involving the transportation to Colorado of more than $165,000 in cash collected from medical cannabis dispensaries in Missouri.
The cash was being transported to Colorado in October 2021 by Denver-based courier company Empyreal Logistics through Kansas, where neither medical nor adult-use marijuana is legal.
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Federal prosecutors said at the time the money is subject to forfeiture because it breaks a U.S. law forbidding the manufacture and distribution of federally illegal drugs.
Prosecutors didn’t explain Tuesday why they dropped the case against Empyreal, according to Kansas City, Missouri, TV station KSHB.
A judge accepted the dismissal Wednesday.
The U.S. Marshals Service still has possession of the seized $165,620.
Empyreal had asked a federal court to dismiss the case “with prejudice” and to have the money returned.
The company also requested that its attorney fees be reimbursed.
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