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Local marijuana dispensary back open after FBI raid

By Arnell DiMaandal
NewsChannel 3

A local medical marijuana dispensary is open again. Federal agents
and local police raided the place on Wednesday.

Palm Canyon Caregivers was back in business today. They tell us a
federal investigation is still ongoing. But this has nothing to with
the business they're running.

"We've just been trying to do whatever we can. So we can open today
at 11, which we did and we've been non-stop since then."

It's business as usual at Palm Canyon Caregivers and those who run
this medical marijuana dispensary want to keep it that way. Unlike
Wednesday, when federal agents and Palm Springs Police raided the
place unexpectedly.

"We asked a lot of questions. We didn't get a lot of answers."

The DEA says employee Josh Aleck left marijuana edibles as a tip for
one of the workers at Spa Resort and Casino.

"They didn't tell you what they were looking for? No. They said
they're here to seize everything. That's it."

Authorities say what Aleck did was illegal distribution of narcotics.
Caregivers manager says, Aleck doesn't work here.

"He was a relative of the owner and he is not employed here and we
cannot discuss an ongoing investigation."

Wednesdays surprise raid over at Caregivers was such a concern for a
lot of people that even the nearby dispensary, Capps, closed down

The people there wouldn't come on camera. But they tell us, they did
it as a precaution.

Californians voted for medical marijuana in 1996 but the federal
government still considers all cannabis illegal. Those who operate
dispensaries say, they're going by the book, making sure everything's
on the up and up.

"We operate legally and under the guidelines."

Palm Springs' medical marijuana task force met with local
dispensaries and, its supporters to discuss Wednesday's incident.

Meanwhile, neither caregivers nor the DEA would comment on the on-
going investigation of Josh Aleck.