There were five Langley RCMP officers, all wearing 鈥渇lak jackets,鈥� Randy Caine said.

The owner and operator of the 鈥淟angley Medical Marijuana Dispensary鈥� was raided Tuesday afternoon (July 19).

The officers removed all of the marijuana from the premises during their 4 p.m. visit, but made no arrests, Caine told The Times.

Caine said the seizure has deprived his clients of access to marijuana for chronic pain and other medical conditions.

鈥淚 see this as a theft,鈥� Caine said.

鈥淭heir medication has been stolen.鈥�

The Mounties had a warrant that had been faxed from the Chilliwack provincial court shortly before the officers arrived.

It said police were authorized to search for evidence of 鈥減ossession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking,鈥� language that Caine called 鈥渓udicrous.鈥�

鈥淭hey [the RCMP] were fully aware of what I鈥檓 doing,鈥� he said.

He said he personally informed Supt. Derek Cooke, head of the Langley RCMP, of his intentions 11 months ago.

鈥淸He told me] you know you鈥檙e taking a risk,鈥� Caine said.

Not just the police were notified, Caine said, so were the City and Township business licence departments and other government agencies.

鈥淲e have an HST number,鈥� Caine said. 鈥淚 have WorkSafe.鈥�

Caine said the dispensary has been operating three-and-a-half months, selling marijuana at $5 per gram plus a $1 dispensing fee.

鈥淧retty much half the street prices,鈥� Caine said.

None of the pot he sells is 鈥渂lack market鈥� or produced by a criminal organization, Caine added.

The issue, the well-known marijuana activist said, is the number of clients a licensed medical marijuana dispensary like his may serve.

He says his dispensary serves more than the limit of two.

鈥淚 do in fact supply many more than that.鈥�

Caine was operating the dispensary from a sleek professional-looking office in the second floor of a new Langley City office building.

He said the premises are fully alarmed and clients were required to make appointments.

Langley RCMP issued a statement Friday noting that the dispensary was located in a 鈥渕ixed residential and commercial鈥� building.

鈥淎s a result of receiving numerous ongoing complaints from the community and area residents, police began an investigation into these complaints,鈥� the statement said.

Approximately five to 10 pounds of different strains of marijuana were seized and an assortment of 鈥渆dible products鈥� was also seized, the RCMP said.

鈥淭hese dispensaries are not legal and are not legally authorized by any authority or legislation in Canada, to distribute marijuana,鈥� they added.

The Mounties said a decision to lay charges will be up to the Crown prosecutor鈥檚 office once it has received the police report.

The 57-year-old Caine is no stranger to struggles with the authorities.

When he opened his Hempyz novelty store in downtown Langley, the City first refused him a business licence, but later backed down and changed the law to allow it.

Caine also clashed with the city of 性视界传媒 when he owned and operated The Joint coffee house in 性视界传媒.

性视界传媒 council denied Caine a business licence for the entire 18 months his shop operated from 1995 to 1997.

Caine, who was born and raised in 性视界传媒, was also the Marijuana Party candidate for 性视界传媒-Panorama Ridge in the 2001 provincial election, garnering less than three per cent of the vote.

He also waged a lengthy court battle to repeal Canada鈥檚 Criminal Code ban on marijuana, arguing that it violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Caine launched the constitutional challenge 鈥� which made it all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada 鈥� after being arrested in White Rock with a joint that weighed 0.5 grams.

Ultimately the court ruled against him.