Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
🇨🇦 Canada · Police · 45 reports
- People arrested
- 527
- Plants destroyed
- 272,868
- Cannabis seized
- 97.7988 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
Charlottetown interim police chief fined $200 for cannabis purchase
Charlottetown interim police chief Darren MacDougall pleaded guilty and paid a $200 fine for buying cannabis at the unregulated Mniku Trading Post on Abegweit First Nation in July 2025. The RCMP ticketed him about a year later during a larger investigation, and city officials say they remain confident in his leadership.
Charged 1Fine CAD 200Time served after Dieppe stop with $311,000
Shane Hendry, 30, received 122 days, treated as already served, plus a year of probation, for cannabis possession for distribution and resisting police after a Dieppe traffic stop. Officers reported two small bags of cannabis and $311,000 in cash; a warrant remains for the driver, Kyle Winston Rouse.
Arrested 1Charged 1Prison 122 daysFour charged after RCMP search at Saddle Lake finds cannabis, drugs and a gun
Alberta RCMP searched a residence on Saddle Lake Cree Nation on 21 October 2026, arresting four residents and seizing a prohibited firearm, ammunition, cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine and illicit cannabis. All four were charged with possession of cannabis for the purpose of distributing and were remanded to appear in court in St. Paul on 29 October.
Arrested 4Charged 4Four charged after 95 kg cannabis seizure in export investigation
A joint RCMP, Peel Regional Police and Canada Border Services Agency investigation led to the seizure of 95 kilograms of cannabis and charges against four Ontario men. The authorities described alleged offences involving export, distribution and sale, but did not disclose the suspected export route or destination.
Arrested 4Charged 4Cannabis 95 kg36 charges after RCMP seize 88 kg of illicit cannabis in Calgary and Airdrie
RCMP charged four Calgary-area men with a combined 36 offences on 27 August 2026 after an investigation into a contraband tobacco and money-laundering network, following seven search warrants in Calgary and Airdrie. Officers seized more than 88 kilograms of unstamped illicit cannabis and cannabis byproducts, more than $3 million in contraband tobacco and other drugs and property.
Charged 4Cannabis 88 kgOntario man jailed a year for 31 kg of cannabis seized at Vancouver airport
Alaaddin Koc, 56, of Windsor, Ontario, was sentenced on 21 September 2026 to one year in prison for trying to take about 31 kilograms of cannabis from Vancouver International Airport to London's Heathrow in October 2024. He pleaded guilty in July 2026; the court said credit for time served left 251 days to serve, and he was also given a lifetime firearms prohibition.
Cannabis 31 kgPrison 1 yearSaskatchewan RCMP seize nearly 900 kg of cannabis near Maple Creek
A Saskatchewan RCMP traffic stop near Maple Creek led to the seizure of 1,928 pounds of dried cannabis, 56 pounds of hashish and 15 litres of THC resin. The driver, a 56-year-old British Columbia man, was arrested and charged.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 899.9 kg44 kg hashish seized with cocaine at Pearson airport; one held
CBSA officers seized 44 kg of hashish and 13 kg of cocaine from a traveller's luggage bound for Sri Lanka at Toronto Pearson airport on 3 September 2026. One person was arrested and handed to the RCMP; no charges or suspect details were reported.
Arrested 1Cannabis 44 kgTwo Air Canada workers arrested; 56 kg of cannabis seized in airport probe
The RCMP arrested two Air Canada ground-operations employees on 26 August 2026 over an alleged conspiracy to move luggage through secure areas of Montréal-Trudeau Airport, facilitating cocaine imports and cannabis exports. Officers seized 56 kg of cannabis during the investigation and released the two pending further proceedings.
Arrested 2Released 2Cannabis 56 kgNine arrested in interprovincial bust with 207 cannabis edibles
Nine people were arrested and charged after Winnipeg-led Project Pink Panther warrants in Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area on 26 August 2026. Officers seized about 207 cannabis edible packages among cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs, plus cash, firearms and vehicles.
Arrested 9Charged 9B.C. seizes nearly $8 million of cannabis at four warehouses, including Vancouver
British Columbia's Community Safety Unit conducted enforcement action at four warehouses in Richmond, Vancouver and Vernon between May and July 2026, seizing cannabis plants, dried cannabis and edibles that the province valued at nearly $8 million. No arrests or penalties were announced, and the province said its investigation continues.
Nigeria seizes 6.8 tonnes of Canadian cannabis at Lagos port
Nigeria's NDLEA took custody of 6,778.5 kg of Canadian Loud cannabis at Apapa Port on 1 July 2026 after joint examinations of two containers on 15 and 24 June. The agency said its units tracked the shipments from Canada with the RCMP and Customs; no arrests were reported.
Cannabis 6.7785 t4.1 tonnes of Canadian Loud seized at Tincan port, Lagos
Nigerian officers seized more than 4.1 tonnes of Canadian Loud cannabis hidden in vehicles inside a container at Tincan Island port in Lagos. The container had travelled from Toronto via Montreal and Tanger Med, in an operation involving Nigerian services with United States and Canadian partners.
Cannabis 4.1 tFive charged after 32.3 kg of unstamped cannabis seized at Cornwall border
Canadian border officers found unstamped cannabis and THC vape products hidden in a vehicle entering at the Cornwall port of entry on 25 April 2026, and the RCMP charged five Toronto-area men. Officers seized 32.3 kg of unstamped cannabis and 1,700 vape cartridges, edibles, cash and phones.
Arrested 5Charged 5Cannabis 32.3 kgThree charged over cannabis smuggling into Headingley jail
RCMP arrested Winnipeg criminal defence lawyer Chad Sutherland on March 27, 2026 on charges of conspiring to distribute cannabis into Headingley Correctional Centre. Two other Winnipeg suspects were already charged last year in the same investigation, which began after staff smelled cannabis in the jail in March 2025.
Arrested 1Charged 3Nova Scotia RCMP raid five cannabis stores; six people charged
Nova Scotia RCMP raided five Indigenous-owned cannabis stores in Eskasoni, Potlotek, Paq'tnkek, Waycobah and Conway on 3 March 2026, charging six people present under the Cannabis Control Act and seizing cannabis, hash, shatter and tobacco. Mi'kmaq leaders called the raids an attack on a treaty right to sell cannabis, which the provincial justice minister rejected.
Charged 620-year-old held with 7 kg of cannabis and 600 vapes in Irish Cove
RCMP stopped a speeding truck on Highway 4 in Irish Cove on 27 December 2025 and arrested the 20-year-old New Waterford driver. Officers seized the truck, more than 7 kg of dried cannabis and 600 cannabis vapes; the man faces Cannabis Act distribution charges.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 7 kgVehicles confiscated 1CBSA seizes 801.5 kg of cannabis bound for the UK at Halifax
CBSA officers found four wooden crates holding 1,479 vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis weighing 801.5 kg in a container declared as wire mesh bins at Halifax on 5 September 2025; the shipment was bound for the United Kingdom.
Cannabis 801.5 kgRCMP charges six over 17,000-plant cannabis network in Ontario
The RCMP charged six people with running a complex illicit cannabis network across three large grow sites in Ontario, seizing and destroying about 17,000 plants worth an estimated $16 million a year and exported abroad.
Arrested 6Charged 6Plants destroyed 17,000Two women held at Pearson with 45 kg cannabis for UK
CBSA officers seized about 45 kilograms of cannabis from the luggage of two women bound for London at Toronto Pearson airport on 14 November 2024. The RCMP charged both women with export under the Cannabis Act and released them ahead of a Brampton court date.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 45 kgCBSA seizes 378 kg of cannabis bound for the Caribbean at Halifax
Border officers at Halifax found 377 kg of suspected cannabis and 1 kg of hashish packed in two boxes inside a Caribbean-bound container in late October 2023 and handed the haul to the Nova Scotia RCMP.
Cannabis 378 kgTwo charged after RCMP seize 25.7 pounds of marijuana in Rankin Inlet
Rankin Inlet RCMP seized 25.7 pounds of marijuana, $15,600 in cash and an all-terrain vehicle at a home on 4 July 2021. Two residents were charged with possessing cannabis for sale and unlawfully importing it into Nunavut.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 11.66 kgVehicles confiscated 1Merritt RCMP seize 800 plants and arrest 16 in unlicensed grow
Merritt RCMP executed a Cannabis Act warrant on 19 November 2020 at a rural Merritt property, finding about 800 plants in a large commercial building. Sixteen people from the Lower Mainland were arrested at the scene and released pending charges.
Arrested 16Plants destroyed 8001,000 pounds of cannabis seized in West Hawk Lake traffic stop
RCMP stopped a commercial semi-trailer on the Trans-Canada Highway at West Hawk Lake on 22 July 2018 and found 925 pounds of vacuum-packed marijuana plus 75 pounds of cannabis shatter, oils and edibles hidden in a food load bound for southern Ontario. The driver, Claudiu Huber of Agassiz, was charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking and trafficking.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 453.59 kg1,300 kg of hashish seized from Malawi container at Port of Montréal
Border officers at the Port of Montréal seized more than 1,300 kg of suspected hashish hidden inside laminated floor pieces in a container from Malawi on 10 December 2015. Detector dog River found the drugs; no arrests were reported and the CBSA and RCMP are investigating.
Cannabis 1.3 t2,137-plant grow-op raided at rural home in Olds, Alberta
RCMP and ALERT officers dismantled a 2,137-plant grow operation at a rural home in Olds, Alberta on 12 February 2015, the largest Green Team seizure in over two years. Five people were arrested and officers seized $40,000 in cash; the home had held an authorised medical grow licence that was grossly exceeded.
Arrested 5Plants destroyed 2,137Ontario police destroy close to 2,700 plants in Project O-SABOT
Four southwestern Ontario police services with the Canadian Armed Forces seized and destroyed close to 2,700 outdoor cannabis plants between 19 and 21 August 2013 in Project O-SABOT, the Ontario arm of the national Operation SABOT.
Plants destroyed 2,700Project Celsius seizes 43 tonnes of hashish bound for Montreal
The RCMP announced on 18 April 2012 that Project Celsius, a two-year international investigation, had seized 43.3 tonnes of hashish from Pakistan destined for Montreal and Halifax. Nine suspects were arrested in raids at the Port of Montreal.
Arrested 9Cannabis 43.3 t7 tonnes of hashish found in abandoned trailer in Montreal
Police in Montreal found about seven tonnes of hashish packed into an abandoned trailer in a LaSalle storage lot on the weekend of 11-12 September 2010 after a tip from the public. The RCMP called it one of the largest hashish seizures its Montreal detachment could remember; no arrests had been made.
Arrested 0Cannabis 7 tRCMP seizes seven tonnes of hashish from abandoned LaSalle trailer
Montreal police found about seven tonnes of hashish in an abandoned trailer in LaSalle on 12 September 2010; the RCMP said the container held millions of grams in denim-wrapped boxes, made no arrests, and asked the public for leads.
Cannabis 7 tRCMP raid bear-guarded 1,100-plant grow-op at Christina Lake
Police raiding a suspected marijuana grow-op near Christina Lake on 30 July 2010 found about ten black bears apparently habituated to the property with dog food; the plots held an estimated 1,100 to 1,200 plants and the owner later faced wildlife and drug charges.
of them seized 1,100First Manitoba grow-op house forfeited after Ste. Anne seizure
Manitoba won its first court order under the Criminal Property Forfeiture Act against a house at 8 Riviera Drive in Lake Riviera Estates, where RCMP had seized about 600 marijuana plants in July 2009. A Winnipeg couple arrested in the raid were released for an August court date; the province listed the house at $279,900.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 600CBSA seizes 1,700 kg of hashish hidden with statues at Port of Montréal
Canada Border Services Agency officers found more than 1,700 kg of hashish worth over C$36 million hidden in false-bottom crates of statues and masks from South Africa at the Port of Montréal on 27 January 2010, and handed the drugs to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Cannabis 1.7 tProject OSABOT eradicates 4,700 outdoor plants in southwestern Ontario
Five police services with military support seized and destroyed about 4,700 outdoor marijuana plants across southwestern Ontario between 14 and 18 September 2009. Police valued the haul at close to 4.7 million dollars and reported no arrests from the five-day operation.
Plants destroyed 4,7001,600 plants seized in linked Ste. Anne grow-ops; two charged
Steinbach RCMP seized about 1,600 marijuana plants in raids on two linked rural properties near Richer on 19 May 2009, along with stolen vehicles and a firearm. Anton Penner, 49, and Edwin Harder-Fehr, 28, were charged the next day with cannabis production and related offences; police put the street value near $1.6 million.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 1,60051,031 cannabis plants seized in Ottawa-region blitz
Police seized 51,031 outdoor marijuana plants and 207 kilograms of bulk buds during Project Sabot, a one-month crackdown across the National Capital Region that ended 27 September 2007. Aerial patrols found the plots; the RCMP announced the results on 5 October.
Plants destroyed 51,031Cannabis 207 kg19,000 cannabis plants destroyed in record Vancouver Island operation
Police destroyed 19,000 mature cannabis plants at about 350 sites across Vancouver Island in a nine-day air-and-land operation ending 29 August 2007, beating the previous year's record of 16,500. Two people found tending a crop near Campbell River were arrested, with charges pending.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 19,000Ringleader jailed 11 years over 22.5-tonne hashish ocean sting
Peter Toman was jailed for 11 years after admitting he conspired to import 22.5 tonnes of hashish worth $225 million, which undercover RCMP officers seized from his suppliers off Angola and delivered to Quebec in a sting. Three conspirators were arrested when the drugs arrived in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Arrested 3Charged 4Cannabis 22.5 tPrison 11 years (Peter Toman); 4 years (Shawn Daoust)US-requested raid shuts Emery's Vancouver seed shop; Emery held in Halifax
Vancouver police raided Marc Emery's seed business and party headquarters on 29 July 2005 on a US request, and RCMP officers arrested Emery in Halifax the same day for extradition to Seattle on charges of conspiring to sell marijuana seeds, marijuana and launder money. Two associates were also arrested.
Arrested 7Four RCMP officers shot dead at a marijuana grow-op near Mayerthorpe
James Roszko shot and killed four RCMP constables on 3 March 2005 as they guarded a search scene at his farm near Mayerthorpe, Alberta, where officers had found a marijuana grow operation and a stolen-vehicle chop shop. Roszko then killed himself.
Deaths 4Nearly 2,000 plants seized in Calgary's biggest grow-op bust in a year
The Southern Alberta Marijuana Investigative Team raided a house in Calgary's West Springs district on 6 December 2004, seizing nearly 2,000 cannabis plants worth over CAD$2.4 million. It was the unit's biggest bust in a year and part of a record year approaching 72,000 plants seized.
Plants destroyed 2,000RCMP seizes 20,000 plants in Seymour Arm grow-op raids; 16 arrested
About 150 RCMP officers raided marijuana grow-ops across Seymour Arm, British Columbia, on 5 October 2004, seizing more than 20,000 plants and about 50 weapons and arresting 16 people. Police said the raids followed a two-year investigation opened after residents complained of violence and intimidation by growers.
Arrested 16Plants destroyed 20,000Police raid medical-cannabis grow serving 390 patients on Vancouver Island
West Shore RCMP officers raided a medical-cannabis growing facility at East Sooke on 27 May 2004, seizing about 900 plants that supplied some 390 seriously ill members of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society. Two men were arrested and face growing and trafficking charges.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 900Project Charlemagne passes 148,400 plants seized in Quebec crackdown
RCMP Sergeant Richard Martel said Project Charlemagne, a joint task force raiding indoor growers north of Montreal, had netted 148,400 plants, 768 pounds of buds, 622 kilograms of shake and more than 400 arrests since September 2001. The totals were published on 5 June 2003, with 23 grow busts already announced that year.
Arrested 400Plants destroyed 148,400Cannabis 970.36 kgProject Greenhouse raids 17 homes across Waterloo Region and Toronto
Police raided 17 homes across Waterloo Region, Guelph and the Toronto area on 22 June 2001 in a six-month sting called Project Greenhouse, seizing almost 2,000 marijuana plants. Twenty-three people were arrested.
Arrested 23Plants destroyed 2,000