DENVER (AP) — U.S. Attorney John Walsh is ordering 10 marijuana stores to close or face seizure of their property.

The stores have 45 days to cease operation or face civil and criminal sanctions.

Authorities say the 10 stores are violating the law because they are within 1,000 feet of a school.

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