New Mexico regulators revoked the licenses of two cannabis facilities operating in close proximity and issued $1 million fines to each for violations such as growing too many plants and not complying with the mandated track-and-trace system.
One of the companies, Native American Agricultural Development Co. (NAADC), is linked to Navajo businessperson Dineh Benally, whose operations in another part of the state was raided by federal authorities in 2020, according to the Associated Press.
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Operations at that facility came to an end after the Navajo Department of Justice sued Benally.
Separately, Chinese immigrant workers also sued Benally, alleging they were required to do illegal work trimming flower on the Navajo Nation.
The NAADC’s license was revoked for eight alleged violations, including growing
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