Anchorage police arrest marijuana delivery driver in sting operation

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    Devin Kelly January 31, 2015
    Anchorage
    police have arrested and charged a delivery driver for a company that
    said it was openly selling marijuana in anticipation of Alaska"s new
    legal possession law.
    Birchie Walter, 35, who works for the
    company Discreet Deliveries, was arrested on Wednesday when he delivered
    marijuana to an undercover police officer, according to police
    communications director Jennifer Castro. He was charged with a
    misdemeanor, she said.
    The company had been advertising marijuana deliveries to customers in Anchorage and the Mat-Su.
    Related:
    Despite legal issues, Alaska marijuana delivery service is open for business


    "Technically we are acting (rogue) … but look forward to being legal soon,” the company"s site said in early January.
    This
    week, the company"s website had a new message: "We are now closed (due)
    to an Anchorage police sting on one of our drivers.”
    The message included an apology to customers and a pledge to "open again soon."
    Recreational
    marijuana use will be legal in Alaska on Feb. 24, the result of
    November"s ballot initiative. People will be able to possess and
    transport up to an ounce of marijuana under the language of Ballot
    Measure 2. But marijuana businesses won"t legally be able to operate
    until 2016, after regulations governing commercial marijuana operations
    are in effect and the state has issued licenses.
    The owner of the
    company, Rocky Burns, said in early January he wasn"t worried about the
    risks of publicizing a marijuana business before selling pot is legal,
    and said his goal was to get ahead of Outside competition for an
    Alaska customer base.
    Police and the head of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board had said what the company was doing wasn"t legal.
    In
    a statement Saturday, Castro said police are "working to charge those
    who are violating current state and municipal laws by selling
    marijuana.”
    Court records show that Walter was released on bail Thursday. He is scheduled to make his first court appearance on March 6.


    Contact Devin Kelly at dkelly@alaskadispatch.com or on Twitter

     

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