More than 12 people have been charged under the Cannabis Act since recreational marijuana became legal
CBC News · Posted: Oct 31, 2018 1:14 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
RCMP say they seized 94 pot plants after busting a grow-op at a home in Winnipegosis, Man. (Submitted by RCMP )
Just two days after pot became legal in Canada, RCMP busted a grow-op in western Manitoba.
Winnipegosis and Dauphin RCMP searched a home on Bridge Street in Winnipegosis, Man., on Oct. 19.
Officers found a large illicit cannabis-growing operation and seized 94 plants in various stages of growth, says a news release issued by RCMP on Wednesday.
A man faces the following charges under the federal Cannabis Act:
CBC News · Posted: Oct 31, 2018 1:14 PM CT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
Just two days after pot became legal in Canada, RCMP busted a grow-op in western Manitoba.
Winnipegosis and Dauphin RCMP searched a home on Bridge Street in Winnipegosis, Man., on Oct. 19.
Officers found a large illicit cannabis-growing operation and seized 94 plants in various stages of growth, says a news release issued by RCMP on Wednesday.
A man faces the following charges under the federal Cannabis Act:
- Possession of illicit cannabis.
- Possession for the purpose of distributing.
- Possessing cannabis for the purpose of selling.
- Cultivating, propagating or harvesting a cannabis plant that is from seed or plant material that is illicit cannabis.
- 12 charges of unlawful transport in or on a vehicle.
- Two charges of consuming cannabis in a vehicle.
- One charge of consumption of cannabis by a young person.
- Three charges of possessing illicit cannabis (this includes the 16-year-old).
- One charge of being impaired by cannabis