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'McDonald's of marijuana' closes up shop after years of operating illegally

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 09:18

VANCOUVER, WA (KPTV) -

Customers called it the McDonald's of marijuana, but according to Vancouver police, it's an illegal operation. 

Adam Alexander, owner of "Grow Systems Northwest," was arrested July 2nd. Police said he never had a license to sell, manufacture or grow marijuana.

The Drug Task Force began investigating "Grow Systems Northwest" off Saint Johns Road and 65th Avenue in Vancouver, after they grew suspicious of its operation.

David Snyder, who works at a business next door, described the scene of the raid.

"The feds came and packed them all up, and their belongings and hauled them off some place," he said.

Police said Alexander served a few hundred customers daily in a drive through lot, profiting $5,000-$10,000 a day in cash.

"It was kind of like going through a Mickey D's drive thru. They sell weed and stuff like that," said a customer driving through the lot Monday. "It's crazy someone would just do...

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