Police Using Social Media For Marijuana Stings, Some Call It Entrapment

By Rick Sallinger
DENVER (CBS4) – CBS4 has learned Denver police are posing as pot growers on Facebook. They are conducting sting operations and have landed at least one deal worth tens of thousands of dollars.
The Internet social media websites have become a high-tech marketplace for drugs. On Instagram one post reads, “Place your order today, gets shipped out before 8 a.m.”
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It was Facebook where Denver police say 26-year-old Sean Edelson responded to a picture p