Just  over a week ago I was "surprised" to read about someone from Beitar Ilit arrested for growing marijuana.

Little did I know, I would be even more surprised by more details of this story that just came to light.

Not only was this woman a resident of Beitar Ilit, but she is someone involved in the "non hashgacha" "anti-rabbanut" hashgacha called "Hashgacha Pratit", run by Rabbi Aaron Lebovitz.
source: Srugim

It does not bother me in a moral sense that she grew marijuana, as I don't consider it a bad thing, but it is, at least right now, illegal and she was caught and has to pay the price. She was arrested, she has been put out to pasture by the hashgacha pratit people, at least until she is found guilty or innocent, and that's that.

So, my additional surprise is not that someone involved in anti-rabbanut activity would break the law. My additional surprise is that someone from beitar is involved in this hashgacha pratit organization that wants even less kashrut supervision than what the rabbanut provides.