Cannabis seizures at checkpoints by US-Mexico border frustrate state-authorized pot industry

 Cannabis seizures at checkpoints by US-Mexico border frustrate state-authorized pot industry

The U.S. Border Patrol is asserting its authority to seize cannabis shipments amid complaints by licensed cannabis suppliers that shipments worth more than $300,000 have been confiscated in recent months at Border Patrol checkpoints in southern New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. — The U.S. Border Patrol is asserting its authority to seize cannabis shipments including commercial, state-authorized supplies as licensed cannabis providers file complaints that mor…