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m1ndv1c3p Registered on Nov-23-2006 More User Info Message #174774 posted by m1ndv1c3p (Info) May 11, 2008 03:10:53 ET dont know if any of you guys saw this but........... Wednesday, April 30, 2008 | 4:07 PM ET The Canadian Press A Victoria-area man has been given a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to operating a mail-order marijuana business that sent packets of pot to people in the U.S. and Europe. Kendell Arthur Berntson of Langford was charged in the summer of 2007 after the RCMP followed up a tip from American authorities who had intercepted more than 300 mailings from the same sender. Police said the packages contained one-ounce amounts of marijuana or magic mushrooms, and were mailed to customers who'd placed orders on a website operated by Berntson, who used the handle 'bcbud.' In April 2007, the Mounties raided Berntson's home and seized 332 grams of marijuana and his computer. He later pleaded guilty to trafficking and exporting pot and was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in custody, with 10 months credit for time served. JaY

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Simafrench Premier Member Registered on Oct-22-2001 More User Info Message #174776 posted by Simafrench (Info) May 11, 2008 07:35:07 ET In Reply to: bcbud busted posted by m1ndv1c3p (Info) May 11, 2008 03:10:53 ET Sorry to hear that. Hope he is hanging in there. Good luck in your time there man, you have been doing God's work for many people. 'American authorities' rot in hell! If anyone is in contact with BCBUD, I would be interested in sending him any care packages to help his time such as books, foods, anything he might need.

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puffgeezer Premier Member Registered on Apr-19-2002 More User Info Message #174778 posted by puffgeezer (Info) May 11, 2008 09:11:36 ET In Reply to: Re: bcbud busted posted by Simafrench (Info) May 11, 2008 07:35:07 ET sima, You're a kind person. Let's hope his time goes easy. It's inhumane and such a waste. Someday it will be different and people will look back on all this as the equivalent of burning witches. Puff

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mal123 Premier Member Registered on Nov-16-2002 More User Info Message #174780 posted by mal123 (Info) May 11, 2008 10:31:40 ET In Reply to: Re: bcbud busted posted by puffgeezer (Info) May 11, 2008 09:11:36 ET poor bc,he did a good thing for awhile,just hope he didn't leave owing.... (not that he wanted to get busted) be well y'all

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* del... * Board Moderator Premier Member Registered on Feb-22-2000 More User Info Message #174781 posted by del... (Info) May 11, 2008 15:50:05 ET In Reply to: bcbud busted posted by m1ndv1c3p (Info) May 11, 2008 03:10:53 ET 2 years? not bad...had he been caught in the states it'd be more like 15-20! the worst news i see here (besides his sentence of course) is that his computers were seized along with whatever content it contains. i hope he was on top of clearing out any names and addresses that went thru it. but it's always a sad day when someone who was trying to help those in need gets caught up in the legal net and from everything i heard about the guy, he was very fair and honest with his people and ran his biz the way it should be run. hope he does well during and after his term and if anyone finds out where we can send our support please let me/us know. magazine subscriptions and money for the commissary are always 'most wanted' items and i'd like to help ease his time too...

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bum Premier Member Registered on Mar-04-2001 More User Info Message #174783 posted by bum (Info) May 11, 2008 18:32:37 ET In Reply to: Re: bcbud busted posted by del... (Info) May 11, 2008 15:50:05 ET yea two years isn't bad. i hope he made enough money to make it worth it.

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onlinepotwebmaster Registered on Aug-06-2005 More User Info Message #174786 posted by onlinepotwebmaster (Info) May 11, 2008 19:59:31 ET In Reply to: Re: bcbud busted posted by bum (Info) May 11, 2008 18:32:37 ET If anyone can get the mailing address of where he is serving his 2 years? please let me know. & I wil add him to my POW's mailing page for care packages Prisoner's Of The Medical Marijuana War It's A Real War With Real POW's http://www.onlinepot.org/legal/medicalmarijuanaPOWs.htm Stay Well Stay Safe Chris/OLP

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m1ndv1c3p Registered on Nov-23-2006 More User Info Message #174788 posted by m1ndv1c3p (Info) May 12, 2008 03:11:48 ET In Reply to: Re: bcbud busted posted by onlinepotwebmaster (Info) May 11, 2008 19:59:31 ET mal- i think he does owe a few people but i cant blame him, hes been in the pokey 10 months already and that is the exact time he dissapeared. as for his address, im sure it wouldnt be hard to find considering his name is in that post. just call canada DOC they will tell ya. JaY

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forged registration Registered on Dec-17-2005 More User Info Message #174793 posted by forged registration (Info) May 12, 2008 19:54:20 ET In Reply to: Re: bcbud busted posted by bum (Info) May 11, 2008 18:32:37 ET two years is pretty bad by canadian standards...it must have been severe due to the international trade under canuck law, i think he's eligible for parole after 1/3 of his sentence, and must be paroled after 2/3 of his sentence...the article doesn't mention asset seizure but it's relatively rare in BC (for simple pot trafficking i think) so hopefully they didn't steal all his stuff i'm not downplaying his suffering, but most canadian jails are cakewalks compared to US prisons...any sentence two years and under should put him in a relatively reasonable institution

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mal123 Premier Member Registered on Nov-16-2002 More User Info Message #174795 posted by mal123 (Info) May 13, 2008 10:49:11 ET In Reply to: Re: bcbud busted posted by m1ndv1c3p (Info) May 12, 2008 03:11:48 ET 10 mos sounds about right jay, thanks.... seeya around i'm sure ; )

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