{"version":1,"id":"ca/bc","name":"British Columbia, Canada","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/ca/bc/","count":8,"totals":{"reports":8,"arrested":36,"plants_destroyed":20700,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":1759,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":1,"seizure":1,"raid":5,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-09-21","reports":[{"id":"yvr-koc-31kg-heathrow-sentence","code":"CET-GXFKD2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/yvr-koc-31kg-heathrow-sentence/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/GXFKD2/","date":"2026-09-21","added_at":"2026-11-01T13:32:02.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"ca/bc","country_name":"British Columbia, Canada","place":"Vancouver International Airport, Richmond, British Columbia","coordinates":[49.1967,-123.1815],"precision":"locality","type":"sentence","also":["seizure","arrest"],"title":"Ontario man jailed a year for 31 kg of cannabis seized at Vancouver airport","summary":"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.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":31,"prison":"1 year"},"tags":["richmond","british-columbia","vancouver-airport","smuggling","exportation"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://rcmp.ca/en/news/2026/10/4357542","media_url":"https://rcmp.ca/sites/default/files/styles/large_480x480/public/images/101.resized2.JPG?itok=spdxGv6B","publisher":"Royal Canadian Mounted Police","caption":"Cannabis packed in vacuum-sealed bags that was found in a suitcase at Vancouver International Airport, in an RCMP handout photo."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["The offence dates from October 2024 and the sentence from September 2026; the report is dated at the sentencing, the case's latest step.","The court's reasons were not published, and neither source says how much credit for pre-sentence custody made up the 251 days remaining.","The sources do not say where in Ontario Koc was found after the warrant, or what happened to the 31 kilograms of cannabis.","No photograph of the suitcase or of the interception itself was published; the only image is the RCMP's handout of the packaged cannabis."],"sources":[{"title":"Cannabis smuggler caught in the act, pleads guilty","url":"https://rcmp.ca/en/news/2026/10/4357542","publisher":"Royal Canadian Mounted Police","date":"2026-10-05","archived":null},{"title":"Cannabis smuggler caught at YVR with 31 kilograms in suitcase","url":"https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/cannabis-smuggler-caught-at-yvr-with-31-kilograms-in-suitcase-12857944","publisher":"Richmond News","date":"2026-10-05","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261007020308/https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/cannabis-smuggler-caught-at-yvr-with-31-kilograms-in-suitcase-12857944"}]},{"id":"bc-csu-four-warehouses-8-million","code":"CET-P1NF79","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bc-csu-four-warehouses-8-million/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/P1NF79/","date":"2026-07-15","added_at":"2026-11-01T13:32:02.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"ca/bc","country_name":"British Columbia, Canada","place":"Richmond, Vancouver and Vernon, British Columbia","coordinates":[49.2609,-123.1139],"precision":"region","type":"raid","also":["seizure"],"title":"B.C. seizes nearly $8 million of cannabis at four warehouses, including Vancouver","summary":"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.","status":"verified","figures":{"value":{"amount":8000000,"currency":"CAD"}},"tags":["british-columbia","community-safety-unit","warehouse","unlicensed-cannabis"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["No arrests, charges, business names or operators were announced.","The province gave no weight or plant count for the seizure, only an initial value estimate that it said could change.","It did not describe the four warehouses individually or say which were in Vancouver, Richmond and Vernon.","No photograph of the warehouses or the seizures was published with the announcement."],"sources":[{"title":"Supporting a safe, legal cannabis sector in B.C.","url":"https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026PSSG0057-000830","publisher":"BC Gov News","date":"2026-07-15","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260716080517/https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026PSSG0057-000830"},{"title":"BC's CSU Conducts Enforcement Action at Four Warehouses, Seizing $8 Million in Cannabis, Edibles","url":"https://stratcann.com/enforcement/bcs-csu-conducts-enforcement-action-at-four-warehouses-seizing-8-in-cannabis-edibles/","publisher":"StratCann","date":"2026-07-15","archived":null},{"title":"Cannabis seized by province at Richmond warehouse","url":"https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/cannabis-seized-by-province-richmond-bc-warehouse-12556213","publisher":"Richmond News","date":"2026-07-16","archived":null}]},{"id":"victoria-cannabis-buyers-club-raid","code":"CET-PBPPRM","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/victoria-cannabis-buyers-club-raid/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PBPPRM/","date":"2026-04-21","added_at":"2026-11-01T13:32:02.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"ca/bc","country_name":"British Columbia, Canada","place":"Victoria, British Columbia","coordinates":[48.4284,-123.3656],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["seizure"],"title":"B.C. agents raid Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club, seizing about $100,000 in products","summary":"British Columbia's Community Safety Unit raided the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club on 21 April 2026, and founder Ted Smith estimated about $100,000 of products were seized. The unlicensed non-profit, which sells higher-dose products mainly to low-income patients, planned to reopen the next day; the ministry would not discuss the specific action.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["victoria","british-columbia","compassion-club","medical-cannabis","community-safety-unit"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/about-100000-in-products-seized-in-raid-on-victoria-cannabis-buyers-club-12173923","media_url":"https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/victoriatimescolonist/json/2026/04/web1_vka-raid-01354.jpg;w=960;h=640;bgcolor=000000","publisher":"Times Colonist","caption":"Officers carry seized goods out of the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club on Quadra Street during the raid. Photo: Adrian Lam, Times Colonist"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["The ministry would not confirm how much was seized or what action was taken; the $100,000 figure is the founder's own estimate.","No charges, tickets or new penalty were announced on the day of the raid.","The sources do not say whether the club reopened the next day as its founder said it would.","The club's judicial review of the $3.2-million fine had no hearing date when the raid was reported.","StratCann counts this as the fourth raid carried out by the Community Safety Unit, but neither source lists all four dates."],"sources":[{"title":"Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club says about $100,000 in products seized in raid","url":"https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/about-100000-in-products-seized-in-raid-on-victoria-cannabis-buyers-club-12173923","publisher":"Times Colonist","date":"2026-04-22","archived":null},{"title":"Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club again raided by BC CSU","url":"https://stratcann.com/enforcement/victoria-cannabis-buyers-club-again-raided-by-bc-csu/","publisher":"StratCann","date":"2026-04-21","archived":null}]},{"id":"merritt-800-plants-16-arrested-2020","code":"CET-8J8QYV","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/merritt-800-plants-16-arrested-2020/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8J8QYV/","date":"2020-11-19","added_at":"2026-11-03T13:38:04.235Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/bc","country_name":"British Columbia, Canada","place":"Rural property near Merritt, British Columbia","coordinates":[50.11,-120.79],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest"],"title":"Merritt RCMP seize 800 plants and arrest 16 in unlicensed grow","summary":"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.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":16,"plants_destroyed":800},"tags":["unlicensed-grow","merritt","cannabis-act"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The reports say the 16 people were released at the scene with charges pending, and no court outcome is given in the opened sources.","The reports give no street address for the rural property beyond the Merritt area, so the pin marks the locality.","No figure for processed cannabis or equipment value was published."],"sources":[{"title":"16 arrested and 800 cannabis plants seized in raid in Merritt, BC","url":"https://stratcann.com/enforcement/16-arrested-and-800-cannabis-plants-seized-in-raid-in-merritt-bc/","publisher":"StratCann","date":"2020-11-20","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20231201194526/https://stratcann.com/enforcement/16-arrested-and-800-cannabis-plants-seized-in-raid-in-merritt-bc/"},{"title":"Canada: RCMP seize 800 cannabis plants, equal to one joint for every person living in Kelowna","url":"https://cannabislaw.report/canada-rcmp-seize-800-cannabis-plants-equal-to-one-joint-for-every-person-living-in-kelowna/","publisher":"Cannabis Law Report","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"vancouver-island-19000-plants-eradication-2007","code":"CET-3GYDZK","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/vancouver-island-19000-plants-eradication-2007/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/3GYDZK/","date":"2007-08-29","added_at":"2026-11-03T21:14:17.100Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/bc","country_name":"British Columbia, Canada","place":"Vancouver Island, British Columbia","coordinates":[49.5,-126.3],"precision":"region","type":"eradication","also":["arrest"],"title":"19,000 cannabis plants destroyed in record Vancouver Island operation","summary":"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.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"plants_destroyed":19000},"tags":["aerial-operation"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The articles give no separate finish date; 29 August 2007 is the Wednesday on which the nine-day operation ended according to the 4 September account.","One account frames the Campbell River incident as a single arrest involving two people, while another describes two arrests; both agree two people were found tending the crop.","Accounts differ on the haul's yield in joints and those estimates are not used here.","No photograph of the 2007 operation with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Pot Raids On The Island Net Only One Arrest","url":"http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n1042/a03.html?7102","publisher":"Parksville Qualicum Beach News (via Media Awareness Project)","date":"2007-09-04","archived":null},{"title":"Sea King used in pot surveillance","url":"https://pagesarchive.blackpress.ca/BC/Processed/GNG/070905/GNGN070905_A04.pdf","publisher":"Goldstream News Gazette","date":"2007-09-05","archived":null},{"title":"Two Victoria officers part of airborne pot-busting operation","url":"https://pagesarchive.blackpress.ca/BC/Processed/VNE/070907/VNEN070907_A02.pdf","publisher":"Victoria News","date":"2007-09-07","archived":null}]},{"id":"da-kine-vancouver-raid-2004","code":"CET-0JKGFJ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/da-kine-vancouver-raid-2004/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0JKGFJ/","date":"2004-09-09","added_at":"2026-11-02T13:23:35.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"ca/bc","country_name":"British Columbia, Canada","place":"Commercial Drive, Vancouver","coordinates":[49.283,-123.069],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"Vancouver police raid Da Kine cannabis cafe, arrest six","summary":"Dozens of Vancouver police raided the openly operating Da Kine cannabis cafe on Commercial Drive on 9 September 2004, arresting six people on trafficking charges before a crowd of more than 200 protesters; the shop was selling again the next day.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":6,"charged":6},"tags":["cannabis-cafe","trafficking","commercial-drive"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"meta/muse-spark","open_questions":["The opened sources give the number arrested but no weight or plant count for the marijuana seized in the cafe.","The opened reports do not give the court outcome for the six people arrested.","No photograph of the raid with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Police Raid Cafe That Sold Pot, Arrest Six People","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/police-raid-cafe-that-sold-pot-arrest-six-people.30933/","publisher":"Vancouver Sun (via 420 Magazine)","date":"2004-09-10","archived":null},{"title":"Canada Cannabis Cauldron Bubbling Again","url":"https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/354/cauldron.shtml","publisher":"Drug War Chronicle","date":"2004-09-17","archived":null}]},{"id":"east-sooke-compassion-society-raid-2004","code":"CET-PNDC1G","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/east-sooke-compassion-society-raid-2004/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PNDC1G/","date":"2004-05-27","added_at":"2026-11-04T00:19:48.830Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/bc","country_name":"British Columbia, Canada","place":"Mount Matheson Road, East Sooke, British Columbia","coordinates":[48.3667,-123.7333],"precision":"district","type":"raid","also":["arrest"],"title":"Police raid medical-cannabis grow serving 390 patients on Vancouver Island","summary":"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.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"plants_destroyed":900},"tags":["compassion-society","medical-cannabis","rcmp"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The Times Colonist account reaches this report through a 420 Magazine reprint.","The later course of the charges against the two arrested men is not covered in the opened sources.","No photograph of the raid or the seized plants with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Mounties' Pot Bust Leaves Patients Without Supply","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/mounties-pot-bust-leaves-patients-without-supply.28014/","publisher":"Times Colonist (via 420 Magazine)","date":"2004-05-30","archived":null},{"title":"Mounties Raid Prominent Canadian Medi-Pot Dispensary And Research Center","url":"https://norml.org/news/2004/06/03/mounties-raid-prominent-canadian-medi-pot-dispensary-and-research-center/","publisher":"NORML","date":"2004-06-03","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260602113615/https://norml.org/news/2004/06/03/mounties-raid-prominent-canadian-medi-pot-dispensary-and-research-center/"}]},{"id":"vancouver-lykes-osprey-17-tonnes-fraser-valley-2001","code":"CET-R8J58C","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/vancouver-lykes-osprey-17-tonnes-fraser-valley-2001/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/R8J58C/","date":"2001-02-20","added_at":"2026-11-03T22:23:34.469Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/bc","country_name":"British Columbia, Canada","place":"Farm on Deroche Landing Road, Hatzic, Fraser Valley","coordinates":[49.163,-122.243],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"1.7 tonnes of South American cannabis seized at Vancouver port","summary":"Canada Customs found 864 two-kilogram bricks of South American marijuana hidden in ground alfalfa aboard the Lykes Osprey at Vancouver port in January 2001. Police watched the container move to a Fraser Valley farm on 19 February and arrested ten men the next morning, charging four.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":10,"charged":4,"kg_seized":1728},"tags":["vancouver-port","smuggling","organized-crime"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["Six of the ten arrested men were released and the farm owner was not charged; no outcomes for them are reported.","Both opened pages carry the same Vancouver Sun account; no separate agency statement was found."],"sources":[{"title":"Why Is B.C. Importing Pot?","url":"http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n415/a05.html","publisher":"Vancouver Sun (via MAPINC)","date":"2001-03-08","archived":null},{"title":"WHY IS B.C. IMPORTING POT?","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/why-is-b-c-importing-pot.4475/","publisher":"Vancouver Sun (via 420 Magazine)","date":"2001-03-08","archived":null}]}]}