Company sues over seizure of product it says is hemp

A company has filed a lawsuit against the Idaho State Police and Ada County after authorities seized nearly 7,000 pounds of cannabis from a truck headed to Colorado.

The Idaho Statesman reported Friday authorities say the product seized was marijuana but Big Sky Scientific LLC says it is industrial hemp.

Hemp is a non-psychoactive cousin of marijuana and is protected under the recently passed 2018 Farm Bill.

The Idaho State Police has sent a sample of the product to a lab for testing.

The truck’s driver, 36-year-old Dennis Palamarchuk of Portland, Oregon, has been charged with a felony.

Palamarchuk told authorities he was on his way to Colorado with the shipment.

Big Sky wants its product returned and wants an admission of wrongdoing from the Idaho authorities.

You can read our previous story HERE.