NorthernNight
Active Member
In Canada's high grow zones the numbers were much lower, but still impressive. Police in Quebec told media that they had destroyed 61,970 plants. In BC, where no official number has yet been released, police took more than 50,000 pot plants in a handful of heavily publicized raids. A sweep of Eastern Ontario alone found cops cutting down 30,500 cannabis plants.
Meanwhile, the size of plantations seems to be going up. In Tuolumne County, California, two gardens containing 11,308 plants and 12,012 plants, respectively, were eradicated in September, and an 18,926-plant garden was cut down in August.�
A raid in the remote community of Seymour Arm, BC, netted 20,000 plants on October 6. The raid was the culmination of a two-year RCMP investigation, and made headlines across Canada. Over 150 officers wearing balaclavas and body armor descended upon the isolated inhabitants in patrol cars, unmarked Chevy Suburbans, a helicopter and even a large, chartered houseboat. Charges of cultivation were laid against 15 of the town's 90 permanent residents.
A lengthy article in Canada's National Post newspaper profiled some residents charged in Seymour Arm, presenting them favorably as "poor farmers just struggling to get by." The article pointed out how the town's whole economy revolved around the marijuana trade, and quoted one grower saying, "The only violence and intimidation we ever encountered was the day last week when the police raided our house and pointed guns at us."
Meanwhile, the size of plantations seems to be going up. In Tuolumne County, California, two gardens containing 11,308 plants and 12,012 plants, respectively, were eradicated in September, and an 18,926-plant garden was cut down in August.�
A raid in the remote community of Seymour Arm, BC, netted 20,000 plants on October 6. The raid was the culmination of a two-year RCMP investigation, and made headlines across Canada. Over 150 officers wearing balaclavas and body armor descended upon the isolated inhabitants in patrol cars, unmarked Chevy Suburbans, a helicopter and even a large, chartered houseboat. Charges of cultivation were laid against 15 of the town's 90 permanent residents.
A lengthy article in Canada's National Post newspaper profiled some residents charged in Seymour Arm, presenting them favorably as "poor farmers just struggling to get by." The article pointed out how the town's whole economy revolved around the marijuana trade, and quoted one grower saying, "The only violence and intimidation we ever encountered was the day last week when the police raided our house and pointed guns at us."
