Angela Kirking never thought shopping for garden supplies would lead
to agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration waking her up with
guns drawn, but that's what happened last October.
"I bought a
bottle of organic fertilizer, a 16-ounce bottle," said Kirking, a
46-year-old face-paint artist. "Three weeks later I was raided by DEA."
The
DEA is refusing to answer questions about the law enforcement operation
targeting an Illinois garden store that has netted Kirking and at least
10 other people. But Kirking and her lawyer contend it's a case of
misplaced priorities and federal overreach. They're asking why the DEA
is treating ordinary customers of a garden store selling hydroponic
equipment as if they were major drug dealers.
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