Harlingen CBD Shop Raided – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Rio CBD on Jackson Street was raided by the Harlingen Police Department on June, 6.

“All of a sudden, my door opens up, armed men, H-P-D come in. They say they have a search warrant. Guns are drawn. They start clearing rooms,” store owner, Trevor Kocaoglan said. 

Kocaoglan said police then raided his mother’s home.

According to Kocaoglan, the police were notified by UPS about a package mailed to him from his supplier in Oregon that smelled like marijuana.

“The difficulty with that smell test, is that you can’t rely on it anymore, because hemp smells exactly the same way as marijuana, and hemp is legal,” Executive Director of the Texas Hemp Federation, Jay Maguire said.

Both Maguire and Kocaoglan said the incident is a misunderstanding of the law.