An Edmonton landlord got a pungent surprise when she went to check on her north side property Saturday afternoon.
Police say the woman went to check on the home, at 90 Street and 129B Avenue, and discovered a small marijuana grow op inside.
Acting Staff Sgt. Colleen Maynes said there were less than 20 plants inside the home, along with several pieces of equipment.
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Members of the police Green Team spent Tuesday evening dismantling a large scale indoor marijuana grow operation that stunk up a southeast neighbourhood with more than 600 plants.
After receiving an anonymous tip, officers descended upon the home at 2029 Blackmud Creek Drive around 4 p.m.
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EDMONTON – A medical marijuana grow operation in a northside neighbourhood is causing a stink with residents wondering how the business wound up in the quiet cul de sac.
The home belongs to one of approximately 110 people in the province licensed by Health Canada to produce marijuana medicinally for others.
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When Peter moved his family to a quiet suburban home on the outskirts of north Edmonton, he never imagined he’d wind up living near a home used for a medical marijauna grow operation.
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Those who grow marijuana are increasingly living in the same space, say cops.
Acting Sgt. Ray Savage with Green Team North says growers live in the homes and rental properties being used for grow ops thanks to a with the flatter real estate market and tighter mortgage rules.
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Police found more than 100 marijuana plants after busting a marijuana grow operation Thursday morning at a south Edmonton home.
Members of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) green team executed a warrant at the home near 72nd Avenue and 109th Street around 10 a.m., said spokeswoman Candace Cook.
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Friends willing to testify a former Okotoks homeowner was not helping grow marijuana in his Cimarron home, may have saved him from going to jail.
Daniel Bridgman received a two-year conditional sentence for marijuana production in Okotoks Provincial Court Dec. 4. Bridgman admitted to lending out his home to his brother for the grow-op, but said he didn’t live in the home or assist with cultivating the plants.
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EDMONTON – Police seized more than $3 million in marijuana and charged eight people after uncovering several grow operations in Edmonton and northern Alberta.
An integrated team of Edmonton police and RCMP members found 2,233 marijuana plants — 800 ready to harvest with a yield of 125 pounds of pot — on a rural property in Round Lake, 100 kilometres west of the city. If sold on the street, the marijuana would bring in more than $2 million, police said.
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Law enforcement agencies, the real estate industry and utility companies across the country have formed a national coalition aimed at fighting the hazards caused by illegal drug labs.
The National Council Against Marijuana Grow Operations and Clandestine Labs, launched Thursday, brings together various partner organizations to co-ordinates efforts across Canada, said Ald. Diane Colley-Urquhart, who serves on the committee.
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EDMONTON – About 85 marijuana plants have been seized after RCMP executed a search warrant at a Sherwood Park home.
The Strathcona County RCMP drug unit attended a Strathcona Village home about 7:30 a.m. on Monday, seizing the plants and cultivation equipment.
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