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    California seizes $30 million in black market cannabis from illegal pot shops

    by Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times Jul 22, 2019 4 minutes

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California authorities have tripled the number of raids on unlicensed cannabis shops in the last year and seized $30 million in pot products, but legal industry leaders say enforcement is still inadequate to break the dominance of the black market in the state.

    In 2018, the first year of licensing, the state Bureau of Cannabis Control worked with local law enforcement to serve six search warrants on unlicensed pot shops and seized some 1,594 pounds of cannabis worth $13.5 million.

    During the first six months of this year, the bureau served 19 search warrants on unlicensed

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