MEDICAL MARIJUANA ADVOCATE ARRESTED AT SFO

Photo courtesy Steve Kubby

Bay City News

January 26, 2006, 11:00 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BCN) - A medical marijuana advocate was arrested tonight at San Francisco International Airport as he disembarked from his flight from Canada, according to San Francisco police.

Police Officer George Swartz said Steve Kubby was taken into custody around 8:10 p.m. by San Francisco police.

Swartz said Kubby, who had been deported from Canada, was arrested on a no-bail warrant and was booked into San Mateo County jail.

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