Authorities are investigating accusations made by a former employee that a Minnesota-based medical marijuana company illegally transported cannabis oil out of the state.
The former employee said that at least $500,000 worth of cannabis oil was sent from Minnesota Medical Solutions’ Otsego growing facility to its parent company’s New York location to meet that state’s production deadline, according to a search warrant filed 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,” the parent company, Vireo, said in a statement.
According to the warrant:
The former employee, who had been involved in cultivation and production, showed state Department of Health officials an image of an inventory transfer from the Otsego growing facility to the Minneapolis dispensary. The cannabis oil at the dispensary “would be useless” because that location only sells capsules and vaporizer cartridges.
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