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Alan Mosio Deca Al promotional material from X account
Alan Joseph Mosio
Illegal marijuana business in Pine City on 2nd St. SE
Alan Joseph Mosio posts on his X account
Alan Mosio Deca Al promotional material from X account
Alan Joseph Mosio
Illegal marijuana business in Pine City on 2nd St. SE
Alan Joseph Mosio posts on his X account
A Pine City man, Alan Joseph Mosio, 42, has been charged with first and second degree drug possession and illegal cultivation of cannabis in an operation that has been running within the city limits of Pine City on 2nd Street SE.
According to the criminal complaint, in October of 2025, the East Central Drug and Violent Offender Task Force began a narcotics investigation of Mosio on information that he was selling a large amount of marijuana products without a license as a “storefront” marijuana dispensary out of a residence located on 2nd Street SE, Pine City.
Investigators believed Mosio was residing and growing marijuana at an address where he resided on Crooked River Road in Pine City.
Mosio was branding his marijuana business and products as “Deca Al.” It was confirmed through the state’s Office of Cannabis Management that Mosio did not have a license to cultivate or sell marijuana.
On January 13 of this year, a search warrant was obtained for both addresses, 2nd Street SE and 22392 Crooked River Road, along with a search warrant for Mosio’s white Tesla and Dodge Ram truck. On Jan. 14, the East Central Drug and Violent Offender Task Force, Pine County Sheriff’s Office, Pine County SWAT, Chisago County Sheriff’s Office, Kanabec County Sheriff’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension assisted in the execution of the search warrant.
Officers surveilled the Crooked River Road residence and observed Mosio exit the residence and drive away in his Tesla. A traffic stop was then made, and Mosio put his vehicle in reverse in an attempt to flee. The Pine County officer blocked Mosio’s vehicle from leaving with the squad car. According to the criminal complaint, Mosio made several statements about marijuana being legal now. On Mosio, $2,270 in cash was found.
Along with the cash, three cellphones were found in the center console and several packages with “Deca Al” printed on them with QR codes. Inventory from the vehicle included 10 THC suckers, five marijuana electronic smoking cartridges, two “Deca” smoking devices, three vape pens, and one “Deca Chews.
At the 2nd Street SE address in Pine City, which is a duplex owned by Mosio’s brother who resides there with his family, was a marijuana business on the east side of the duplex. Inside the business were numerous glass display cases with hundreds of different “Deca Al” THC products in the cases, along with a counter with a cash register and computer.
Posters hung on the walls with “Deca Al” promotions and pictures of Mosio. In the kitchen at 2nd Street SE, Mosio set up industrial equipment to manufacture his products.
Equipment included a hydraulic press, freeze dryer, marijuana tumbler, large stainless-steel irrigator, dualstage pump, and other related devices. Agents located two large chest freezers that were full of marijuana flower packaged in individual bags ranging from one to five pounds per bag.
Agents also seized a large amount of marijuana, marijuana products, marijuana resin, Delta-9 products including drinks, and manufacturing and cultivation equipment.
Inside the Crooked River residence was found five plastic bags of leaf marijuana in the kitchen fridge/freezer, one bag of THC wax edibles in the kitchen fridge/freezer, marijuana flower in the basement, twenty “DECA Al’s Deca Chew” containers with 500 mg of THC in each, loose US currency in the basement, and bulk marijuana leaf in the outside commercial freezer. A safe at the residence contained a large amount of US currency and raw marijuana in Ziplock bags.
An investigator observed several writings inside the residence that appeared to be plans for a marijuana cultivation. While walking the property, law enforcement observed dozens of flower beds used by Mosio to grow marijuana that he recognized from his social media.
The total amounts seized from Mosio, the two residences, and his vehicle were as follows: Approximately 798.8 pounds of marijuana flower that NIK tested positive for marijuana; (approximately 362 kilograms); Approximately 19,550 mg of THC liquids; Approximately 3,954.7 grams of marijuana concentrate that NIK tested positive for marijuana (approximately 3.95 kilograms); Approximately 1 pound of psilocybin mushrooms (approximately 453 grams); Approximately 78 grams of psilocybin mushroom candies; Approximately 21 containers of unpackaged homemade THC candies; 136 cannabis plants; and $18,891.00 in US currency.
The first degree felony possession of 50 kilograms or more of cannabis flower charge comes with a maximum prison sentence of 30 years and/or a $1,000,000; the first degree felony unlawfully cultivating more than 23 cannabis plants charge comes with a maximum jail sentence of five years and/or a $10,000 charge; the second degree possession of 50 kilograms or more of cannabis flower comes with a maximum prison sentence of 25 years and/or a $500,000 fine; and the second degree felony possession of 50 grams or 100 dose units charge comes with a maximum prison sentence of 25 years and/or a $500,000 fine.
Pine County Judge Heather Wynn has set his bail to $25,000 with conditions of abstaining from sale/cultivation, remaining in Minnesota, no alcohol or drug use, and no firearms. The bail without conditions is set at $250,000.
Mosio has been previously convicted of third degree drug sale or possession, fifth degree marijuana sale, and two fifth degree controlled substance charges.
Mosio has had an active arrest warrant since 2013 for a felony drug case in Ramsey County and an active warrant in Sherburne County since 2014.
Pine County Chief Deputy Scott Grice said, “I am extremely proud of the work our drug task force put into this case. Their coordinated efforts are what makes outcomes like this possible. Their work makes a difference for the people we serve.”
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I thought cannabis was legal in Minnesota? Why are we spending tax dollars arresting someone who is trying to make money in the cannabis business? Too much government control over plants. I know this family and they may be some of the nicest humans I have ever met. Government taking a father away from his kids for growing legal plants seems wild to me.
100% but they want the profits from it. They can’t get their 30% and I won’t be surprised when it’s 50%—that’s how you know that this mandatory regulations on cannabis, a literal plant grown in the earth, is all for paying the government out.
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