A man that was pulled over on the 101 Freeway by the California Highway Patrol got his stash back and avoided prison time after his lawyer successfully argued that the duffle bag full of weed was en route to a Venice-based medical marijuana collective.
Sagura Doven, 33, was charged with possession of marijuana for sale and transportation of the drug, a violation of the state's health and safety code, when the patrol officer discover 60-pounds of marijuana divided into baggies and stuffed in a large duffle bag.
Attorney Glen T. Jonas argued that his client was a member of a Venice-based medical marijuana collective and was authorized to transport the 60 pounds of pot.
The state attorney general's guidelines regarding medical marijuana indicate that collectives are allowed to both grow and transport quantities of marijuana for its members.
