By Stuart Pfeifer
Los Angeles Times

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The bust had all the makings of a major criminal investigation. Ten law enforcement and regulatory agencies dedicated hundreds of hours of personnel to track the suspects. They used high-tech video equipment hidden on a utility pole for round-the-clock surveillance and undercover agents to make covert buys.

Defense attorneys said they’ve learned through the prosecution that the investigation included hours of secretly recorded video, “decoy” buys at Rawesome and at farmers’ markets in Pasadena, Santa Barbara and Santa Monica. The one-year investigation included hundreds of hours of work and is documented in thousands of pages of reports, they said.

“If this were a terror plot against LAX, or against the mayor, I could understand it,” said L. Arik Greenberg, an author and lecturer who used to shop regularly at Rawesome. “But these are people who want to get milk from a farm and drink it.”

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