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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Province-wide consultations are expected to start in upcoming weeks to see what changes can be made on the provincial front to better fight marijuana grow operations.
Spearheaded by Alberta Solicitor General Jonathan Denis, consultations will be not only with police but communities and others impacted by illegal grow operations.
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A possible grow-op went up in smoke on Edmonton’s west end Saturday.
Firefighters responded to a call about a garage fire at 161 Street and 97 Avenue around 7 p.m. and called police after spotting what looked like marijuana plants.
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A Calgary man who claims he’s taking the heat for a large grow-op said he had little to do with the marijuana and will try to prove his story in December.
Daniel Bridgman pleaded guilty to marijuana production, but said others, namely his brother, was the mastermind behind the grow-op and he was only lending his house out for the illegal operation.
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Police called to a possible domestic dispute found an illegal grow-op instead.
Officers were summoned about midnight Friday by a concerned citizen over fighting between a couple at a Rundlecairn Rd. N.E. home.
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