Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard on Thursday defended

, likening the clinics and suppliers to "organized crime" while calling on legislators to clarify Michigan law.

Members of Oakland County's Narcotic Enforcement Team on Wednesday night raided Clinical Relief in Ferndale, Everybody's Cafe in Waterford Township and several private residences, arresting 15 people and confiscating thousands of dollars in marijuana, equipment and patient records.

Bouchard said at a press conference that undercover officers observed the clinics selling marijuana to customers without state-issued ID cards and that associated caregivers were growing more plants and had more patients than allowed under state law.

"In one of the (houses), there were loose alligators running around protecting the product," he said,

. "I mean, this is Michigan. This isn't a Cheech and Chong movie, and those are the kinds of things that are going to only magnify if the legislature doesn't step up and do its job."

Bouchard and Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper pointed out the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act of 2008 did not anticipate dispensaries, which Bouchard suggested were operating like an "organized crime" ring.

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"When it's delineated in the statue you can have no more than twelve plants, a caregiver can have no more than five patients, everybody has to be registered, that's what's allowed," said Cooper.

Clinical Relief co-owner Ryan Richmond

officers raided his home in Royal Oak, seizing TVs, computers, cash and a couple of hunting rifles. He said there was no marijuana in his house.

"I believe we are a test case for law enforcement and prosecutors," he told the newspaper. "We only sell to licensed patients. But we are seeing the reality of how the world works."

Richmond also said authorities confiscated six ounces of marijuana from the clinic and more than 1,000 patient files, noting most patients ask them not to share information with law enforcement. But Bouchard said the records did not involve "doctor-patient relationships."