Minnesota investigates $500,000 in missing medical marijuana oil
Accusations made by a former employee that a Minnesota-based medical marijuana company illegally transported cannabis oil out of state prompted an investigation and audit by local authorities.
The employee said that at least $500,000 worth of cannabis oil (or about 370 grams) was sent from Minnesota Medical Solutions's Otsego growing facility to their parent company's New York location in order to meet that state's production deadline, according to a search warrant filed on May 26 in Hennepin County.
"We are confident the claims relied upon by regulatory authorities to begin the investigation will be found to be false," according to a statement released by Vireo, the parent company.
According to the search warrant:
The former employee, who had been involved in cultivation and production, showed an image to state Department of Health officials of an outbound inventory transfer from the Otsego growing facility to the Minneapolis dispensary. The cannabis oil...
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