Law enforcement officers in Pierce, Thurston and King counties are serving search warrants today on a number of marijuana dispensaries as part of a coordinated region-wide effort.

Five dispensaries were targeted in Thurston County and five in Pierce County, law enforcement officials reported. So far, no arrests have been reported from the searches in Pierce and Thurston counties.

Thurston County Sheriff’s Lt. Greg Elwin said operators and employees of the dispensaries are being detained and questioned. He added that police are not targeting medical patients with legitimate “green cards,” because they are legally purchasing marijuana.

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Tacoma police were searching for three men who robbed two medical marijuana distributors Wednesday night in the city.

The victims are a husband and wife who live in Burien, Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said. They received a call Wednesday from a man who they thought was a legitimate medical marijuana patient.

The couple traveled to Tacoma to meet the potential buyer. When the couple couldn’t find the initial meet-up location, they called the potential buyer, Fulghum said.

He directed the couple to a second location – a home in the 2100 block of South M …

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Kent police today served search warrants at four medical marijuana dispensaries that were warned in June to close or lose their business licenses and face possible criminal charges.

The city said it recently mailed a second round of cease and desist notices to the dispensaries.

Police last week confirmed marijuana was still being sold at the four businesses and obtained search warrants. During the searches today, officers said they seized drugs, computers, cell phones, security devices and weapons.

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke blamed the ambiguous state law for placing the city in a “precarious position.”

“We cannot just stand by …

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