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Police say the group shipped cannabis by parcel across North America and Europe and seized over 1,550 pounds of cannabis plus hashish and derivatives worth about $4.8 million in London.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":23,"charged":23,"kg_seized":708.92,"value":{"amount":4800000,"currency":"CAD"}},"tags":["ontario","york-region","london","project-north-star"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/11/04/police-arrest-23-people-in-connection-with-alleged-cannabis-trafficking-operation-that-shipped-drugs-overseas-in-parcels/","media_url":"https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/BH3SSBOKFNCHBNQSUSJE3GMIPM.png?auth=3e2dc0132f8ab6d9ea5aba2e8056615b58e9145bf3106979d8003b5486359b61&width=1440&height=846","publisher":"CP24","caption":"Illegal grow operation in London raided in Project North Star. Photo: York Regional Police via CP24"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/11/04/police-arrest-23-people-in-connection-with-alleged-cannabis-trafficking-operation-that-shipped-drugs-overseas-in-parcels/","media_url":"https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/IFQWSJ2AJNBKTJ633ML7D54FDQ.png?auth=2716ff72ea62ac00fc0bfdf4cc0f5515181f1ce8e5f6d0e8c0a1e0557283e1da&width=1440&height=921","publisher":"CP24","caption":"One of the firearms seized by York Regional Police in Project North Star. 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Officers seized about 2.74 kg of cannabis flower, pre-rolls, hash and THC products, plus psilocybin, nicotine vapes and contraband tobacco that are excluded from the cannabis total.","status":"reported","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1,"kg_seized":2.74076},"tags":["ottawa","preston-street","illegal-shop"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The page's only photo is captioned on Rideau Street downtown, not the Preston Street shop searched, so it is not shown as media.","The sources also report a separate 23 October search at the same shop yielding approximately 4.79 kilograms of cannabis products, 40 vape devices, 14,285 contraband cigarettes and 95 cigars; those earlier amounts are not included in this report's figures, which cover only the 29 October search.","The accused's name and scheduled court date were not published.","No value estimate was published for the seized cannabis.","The submitted page gives only its publication date of 2 November 2026 and no separate date for the second search; the 29 October 2026 date comes from the existing report's other sources.","The submitted page does not give the 200 block or the accused's residence, which come from the existing report's other sources.","The page's only image is a generic news-curation graphic with no caption establishing it shows this event, so no media entry is listed.","The same page also reports a fraudulent-email warning and municipal election results, separate events left out here.","The submitted page also briefly describes separate Ottawa actions on 19 October 2026 on Catherine Street, on 9 October 2026 at Castle Heights Cannabis and on 14 April 2026 on Montreal Road, which are different events left out here.","The submitted page's only image is described as a featured image via Google Maps with no caption establishing it shows the Preston Street search, so no media entry is listed.","The 268 Preston and Preston Cannabis identifier comes only from the page's Google Maps lookup, not from the quoted police statement.","The new page lists the flower seizure as both approximately 2.7 kilograms and about 5 pounds in the same bullet, which are not equivalent weights, while the existing report uses the 5-pound figure for its cannabis total.","The page's main event image carries only the article title as its caption and alt text with no credit establishing that it shows the Preston Street search, so no media entry is listed for it."],"sources":[{"title":"Illegal cannabis store searched for a second time in one week","url":"https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2026/11/02/illegal-cannabis-store-searched-for-a-second-time-in-one-week/","publisher":"CityNews Ottawa","date":"2026-11-02","archived":null},{"title":"Ottawa Police execute second search warrant in seven Days at illegal cannabis and tobacco store","url":"https://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/news/posts/ottawa-police-execute-second-search-warrant-in-seven-days-at-illegal-cannabis-and-tobacco-store","publisher":"Ottawa Police Service","date":"2026-11-02","archived":null},{"title":"City briefs: Ottawa police searched cannabis store twice in one week","url":"https://algonquintimes.com/city-briefs-ottawa-police-searched-cannabis-store-twice-in-one-week/","publisher":"Algonquin Times","date":"2026-11-02","archived":null},{"title":"Ottawa Police Raid Dispensary Twice in One Week","url":"https://stratcann.com/enforcement/ottawa-police-raid-dispensary-twice-in-one-week/","publisher":"StratCann","date":"2026-11-02","archived":null},{"title":"Ottawa police raid illegal cannabis store for the second time in a week","url":"https://arabcanadanews.ca/en/article/ottawa-police-raid-illegal-cannabis-store-for-the-second-time-in-a-week","publisher":"Arab Canada News","date":"2026-11-03","archived":null}]},{"id":"mississauga-95kg-cannabis-export-charges","code":"CET-0GDKHR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mississauga-95kg-cannabis-export-charges/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0GDKHR/","date":"2026-09-24","added_at":"2026-11-01T14:09:57.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Mississauga, Ontario","coordinates":[43.585556,-79.657222],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest","prosecution"],"title":"Four charged after 95 kg cannabis seizure in export investigation","summary":"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.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":4,"charged":4,"kg_seized":95},"tags":["ontario","mississauga","export","rcmp","cannabis"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"unknown","open_questions":["The sources do not give the seizure date or exact location, or identify where the cannabis was headed or how the alleged export scheme operated.","The articles report charges and an ongoing investigation but no court outcome.","The opened sources contain no event photograph; CityNews used a stock image, which is not included here."],"sources":[{"title":"Four charged in cannabis export investigation","url":"https://rcmp.ca/en/news/2026/09/4357307","publisher":"Royal Canadian Mounted Police","date":"2026-09-24","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260927134720/https://rcmp.ca/en/news/2026/09/4357307"},{"title":"4 from Ontario charged after 95 kilos of cannabis seized in alleged export scheme","url":"https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/09/25/ontario-four-charged-cannabis-scheme-rcmp/","publisher":"CityNews Toronto","date":"2026-09-25","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261010172927/https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/09/25/ontario-four-charged-cannabis-scheme-rcmp/"}]},{"id":"tyendinaga-5560-plants-eight-charged","code":"CET-7SVEZC","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tyendinaga-5560-plants-eight-charged/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/7SVEZC/","date":"2026-09-09","added_at":"2026-11-01T14:09:57.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario","coordinates":[44.19182,-77.15025],"precision":"district","type":"raid","also":["seizure","prosecution"],"title":"Eight charged after 5,560 cannabis plants seized in Tyendinaga","summary":"Eight people were charged after a September 9 search on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory found about 5,560 cannabis plants and 34 kilograms of cannabis shake. 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No charges had been laid when the raid was announced.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":8000},"tags":["kingsville","opp","greenhouse","unlicensed-production"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["Only one source could be opened for this event; the figures are the police's as reported by that source.","Value: the reports give the value as $61 million without naming the currency, so no value figure is recorded.","No charges or court outcomes had been reported at publication time; the investigation was ongoing."],"sources":[{"title":"OPP seize more than eight tons of cannabis, 45,000 plants from two Kingsville farms","url":"https://stratcann.com/enforcement/opp-seize-more-than-eight-tons-of-cannabis-45000-plants-from-two-kingsville-farms/","publisher":"StratCann","date":"2022-07-07","archived":null}]},{"id":"ontario-vineland-st-catharines-22m-raid-2021","code":"CET-WVDNXH","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ontario-vineland-st-catharines-22m-raid-2021/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/WVDNXH/","date":"2021-10-14","added_at":"2026-11-03T18:33:05.178Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Vineland and St. Catharines, Niagara Region, Ontario","coordinates":[43.1594,-79.2469],"precision":"district","type":"raid","also":["seizure"],"title":"Six charged as Ontario police seize 21,000 plants in Vineland raids","summary":"Ontario's joint cannabis enforcement team searched two greenhouses and two homes in Vineland and St. Catharines on 14 October 2021, seizing more than 21,000 plants and 181 kg of processed cannabis police valued above $22 million and charging six people.","status":"verified","figures":{"charged":6,"kg_seized":181},"tags":["opp","greenhouse","niagara"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://mugglehead.com/22m-of-illicit-weed-seized-during-ontario-raid/","media_url":"https://6d2x3bhx55ulp01t.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/uploads/2021/10/22M-of-illicit-weed-seized-during-Ontario-raid.jpg","publisher":"Ontario Provincial Police, via Mugglehead","caption":"Rows of cannabis plants inside a raided Ontario greenhouse, in an OPP handout.","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20251017174838/https://mugglehead.com/22m-of-illicit-weed-seized-during-ontario-raid/"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://mugglehead.com/22m-of-illicit-weed-seized-during-ontario-raid/","media_url":"https://6d2x3bhx55ulp01t.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/uploads/2021/10/OPP-illicit-grow-worth-22-million.jpg","publisher":"Ontario Provincial Police, via Mugglehead","caption":"Officers inside the greenhouse during the Vineland-area raid, in an OPP handout.","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20251017174838/https://mugglehead.com/22m-of-illicit-weed-seized-during-ontario-raid/"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The reports give the value as $22 million without naming the currency, so no value figure is recorded.","The investigation was described as ongoing with the accused due in court on 23 December; no outcome was reported."],"sources":[{"title":"$22M of illicit weed seized during Ontario raid","url":"https://mugglehead.com/22m-of-illicit-weed-seized-during-ontario-raid/","publisher":"Mugglehead Magazine","date":"2021-10-19","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20251017174838/https://mugglehead.com/22m-of-illicit-weed-seized-during-ontario-raid/"},{"title":"$22M in pot seized, six people arrested in OPP bust","url":"https://growcola.com/22m-in-pot-seized-six-people-arrested-in-opp-bust/","publisher":"Growcola","date":"2021-10-20","archived":null}]},{"id":"halton-project-icarus-1000kg-2021","code":"CET-Y10306","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/halton-project-icarus-1000kg-2021/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Y10306/","date":"2021-08-18","added_at":"2026-11-03T20:44:03.150Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Halton Region, Ontario","coordinates":[43.466,-79.684],"precision":"region","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Halton police seize 1,000 kg of cannabis in record bust","summary":"Halton Regional Police concluded Project Icarus, the largest drug seizure in the force's history, with 12 arrests and 44 charges after seizing more than 1,000 kg of cannabis alongside other drugs, guns and cash across the Greater Toronto Area.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":12,"charged":12,"kg_seized":1000},"tags":["project-icarus","halton","record-seizure"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://mugglehead.com/12-charged-after-largest-drug-seizure-in-ontario-police-forces-history/","media_url":"https://6d2x3bhx55ulp01t.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/uploads/2021/08/12-charged-after-largest-drug-seizure-in-Ontario-police-forces-history.jpg","publisher":"Mugglehead (photo: Halton Regional Police Service)","caption":"Cannabis seized by police in Project Icarus, the largest drug seizure in Halton police history","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260412120548/https://mugglehead.com/12-charged-after-largest-drug-seizure-in-ontario-police-forces-history/"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["Police reported the cannabis as more than 1,000 kg without giving an exact count.","The reports name no court outcomes for the twelve people charged."],"sources":[{"title":"12 charged after 'largest' drug seizure in Ontario police force's history","url":"https://mugglehead.com/12-charged-after-largest-drug-seizure-in-ontario-police-forces-history/","publisher":"Mugglehead","date":"2021-08-18","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260412120548/https://mugglehead.com/12-charged-after-largest-drug-seizure-in-ontario-police-forces-history/"},{"title":"Project Icarus makes largest drug seizure in Halton police history","url":"https://www.blueline.ca/project-icarus-makes-largest-drug-seizure-in-halton-police-history/","publisher":"Blue Line","date":"2021-08-25","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240713035402/https://www.blueline.ca/project-icarus-makes-largest-drug-seizure-in-halton-police-history/"}]},{"id":"york-region-project-green-sweep","code":"CET-8TEY0Q","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/york-region-project-green-sweep/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/8TEY0Q/","date":"2020-10-29","added_at":"2026-11-04T00:19:45.031Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"York Region, Ontario","coordinates":[44.05,-79.46],"precision":"region","type":"raid","also":["arrest"],"title":"Project Green Sweep seizes 28,964 plants across York Region","summary":"York Regional Police seized about $150 million of illicit cannabis during Project Green Sweep in summer 2020, executing fifteen warrants across the region. Thirty-seven people were arrested and 67 charges were laid over grow operations police linked to organised crime abuse of medical-grow licences.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":37,"kg_seized":1809.83,"plants_destroyed":28964,"value":{"amount":150000000,"currency":"CAD"}},"tags":["york-region","project-green-sweep","medical-licences"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The York Regional Police release linked from the article landed on a listing page when reopened, so its exact figures could not be checked directly.","The 1,810 kg figure converts the reported 3,990 pounds of harvested cannabis.","The report gives no court outcomes for the 37 arrested.","No event photo could be verified from the opened source."],"sources":[{"title":"Police say large cannabis bust connected to organized crime abusing designated medical grow program","url":"https://stratcann.com/news/police-say-large-cannabis-bust-connected-to-organized-crime-abusing-designated-medical-grow-program/","publisher":"StratCann","date":"2020-10-29","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240613232354/https://stratcann.com/news/police-say-large-cannabis-bust-connected-to-organized-crime-abusing-designated-medical-grow-program/"}]},{"id":"chatham-kent-greenhouse-raid","code":"CET-21XB9E","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/chatham-kent-greenhouse-raid/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/21XB9E/","date":"2020-09-16","added_at":"2026-11-04T00:19:45.031Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Maynard Line, Chatham-Kent, Ontario","coordinates":[42.4013,-82.1836],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":[],"title":"$7.3M cannabis seized in Chatham-Kent greenhouse raid","summary":"Chatham-Kent police raided a large commercial greenhouse on Maynard Line on 16 September 2020, seizing 7,300 plants valued at more than $7.3 million. A 48-year-old London man was later charged with cultivating marijuana for the purpose of selling.","status":"verified","figures":{"charged":1,"plants_destroyed":7300,"value":{"amount":7300000,"currency":"CAD"}},"tags":["chatham-kent","greenhouse"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The Blue Line reprint carries no readable publication date of its own; it postdates the September raid and reports the charge.","The same Blue Line article describes three separate January 2021 grow-op busts in Chatham, different events left out here.","A YouTube video of the greenhouse linked from the first report was not viewed, so it is not listed as media."],"sources":[{"title":"Police in Ontario seize over $7,300,000 in cannabis from large illicit greenhouse operation","url":"https://stratcann.com/news/police-in-ontario-seize-over-7300000-in-cannabis-from-large-illicit-greenhouse-operation/","publisher":"StratCann","date":"2020-09-22","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250613102826/https://stratcann.com/news/police-in-ontario-seize-over-7300000-in-cannabis-from-large-illicit-greenhouse-operation/"},{"title":"Chatham-Kent Police Service Bust Four Illegal Grow Ops","url":"https://www.blueline.ca/chatham-kent-police-service-bust-four-illegal-grow-ops/","publisher":"Blue Line","date":null,"archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240618181045/https://www.blueline.ca/chatham-kent-police-service-bust-four-illegal-grow-ops/"}]},{"id":"project-woolwich-niagara-raids-2020","code":"CET-ZGQATG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/project-woolwich-niagara-raids-2020/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZGQATG/","date":"2020-08-13","added_at":"2026-11-03T14:32:38.119Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Niagara Region, Ontario","coordinates":[43.1594,-79.2469],"precision":"region","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Project Woolwich raids seize 100,000 cannabis plants across Ontario and BC","summary":"Ontario police raided sites in the GTA, Niagara, Leamington and British Columbia on 13 August 2020, arresting eight people and seizing more than 100,000 cannabis plants and 2.5 million Canadian dollars in Project Woolwich.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":8,"charged":15},"tags":["opp","project-woolwich","niagara","medical-diversion"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/project-woolwich-cannabis-niagara-1.5695691","media_url":"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.5695753,1598041279000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C178%2C1919%2C1079%29%3B","publisher":"CBC News","caption":"Aerial view of the illegal cannabis operation raided on 13 August. Photo: OPP, via CBC."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["No weight for the seized plants was published, so no cannabis weight figure is stated.","Court outcomes for the charged people were not covered in the opened sources.","The 42 million dollar duty-loss figure is the police estimate of tax loss, not a drug-value figure, so it is kept out of the value field."],"sources":[{"title":"Police shut down massive illegal cannabis operation, seize more than 100K plants","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/project-woolwich-cannabis-niagara-1.5695691","publisher":"CBC News","date":"2020-08-21","archived":null},{"title":"Black market cannabis linked to organized crime being exported to U.S. from Canada","url":"https://globalnews.ca/news/7403819/cannabis-organized-crime-exporting-opp/","publisher":"Global News","date":"2020-10-17","archived":null}]},{"id":"toronto-project-dos-raids-2019","code":"CET-7V3S5P","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/toronto-project-dos-raids-2019/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/7V3S5P/","date":"2019-04-25","added_at":"2026-11-04T02:54:11.373Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Toronto, Vaughan, Waterloo and Stoney Creek, Ontario","coordinates":[43.6532,-79.3832],"precision":"district","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Eight charged as Project Dos raids seize 3,900 cannabis plants","summary":"Toronto police executed 29 search warrants across four southern Ontario cities on 25 April 2019, arresting eight people in a drug-trafficking investigation codenamed Project Dos. Officers seized 3,905 illegally grown cannabis plants alongside cocaine, ketamine, precursor chemicals and cash, a haul police valued at up to 17 million dollars for all drugs combined.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":8,"charged":8},"tags":["project-dos","ontario","grow-ops"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/project-dos-drug-busts-southern-ontario-1.5129081","media_url":"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.5129145,1557411037000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C94%2C1138%2C640%29%3B","publisher":"Toronto Police Service via CBC News","caption":"Drugs, cash and chemicals seized in the Project Dos raids"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The reported 17 million dollar value covers all drugs seized, so no value figure is recorded.","CBC rounds the cannabis seizure to around 4,000 plants while High Times gives exactly 3,905; this report uses 3,905.","High Times names Kitchener where CBC names Waterloo among the raided cities.","The accused were due in court on 12 June, and no outcome was reported."],"sources":[{"title":"'Project Dos' raids nab $17M in drugs from 'high-level' southern Ontario trafficking ring","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/project-dos-drug-busts-southern-ontario-1.5129081","publisher":"CBC News","date":"2019-05-09","archived":null},{"title":"Toronto Police Seize $17 Million in Drugs During Large-Scale Bust","url":"https://hightimes.com/news/toronto-police-seize-17-million-drugs-during-large-scale-bust/","publisher":"High Times","date":"2019-05-10","archived":null}]},{"id":"ottawa-dispensary-raids-nine-arrested","code":"CET-9ARWDT","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ottawa-dispensary-raids-nine-arrested/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/9ARWDT/","date":"2016-11-04","added_at":"2026-11-04T00:19:45.031Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Ottawa, Ontario","coordinates":[45.4215,-75.6972],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest"],"title":"Ottawa police raid seven dispensaries and arrest nine","summary":"Ottawa police raided seven marijuana dispensaries across the city on 3 and 4 November 2016, arresting nine budtenders. Officers seized marijuana, hashish, oils, edibles and cash, and laid trafficking and proceeds-of-crime charges.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":9},"tags":["ottawa","dispensaries"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The account rests on the police press release as republished by one outlet; no independent second report of the raids was opened.","No weights for the seized marijuana, hashish, oils and edibles were published.","The release reports no court outcomes for the nine arrested.","No event photo could be verified from the opened source."],"sources":[{"title":"Police raid seven pot dispensaries, arrest nine people","url":"https://ottawastart.com/police-raid-seven-pot-dispensaries-arrest-nine-people/","publisher":"OttawaStart","date":"2016-11-04","archived":null}]},{"id":"toronto-project-claudia-raids-2016","code":"CET-P8Q332","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/toronto-project-claudia-raids-2016/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/P8Q332/","date":"2016-05-26","added_at":"2026-11-03T10:45:57.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"43 dispensaries across Toronto","coordinates":[43.6532,-79.3832],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Toronto police raid 43 dispensaries and arrest 90 in Project Claudia","summary":"On 26 May 2016 Toronto police executed 43 search warrants at storefront cannabis dispensaries across the city, arresting 90 people and seizing 325 kg of dried cannabis, resin and hashish plus hundreds of kilos of edibles. The force cited public complaints and product safety; dispensary supporters called the crackdown a waste aimed at a legalising city.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":90,"kg_seized":325},"tags":["project-claudia","dispensaries","toronto-police"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"meta/muse-spark","open_questions":["The kilogram figure covers only dried cannabis, resin and hashish; edibles, oils, drinks and other products are described in the text because their cannabis content was not separated.","No photo of the raids or the seized goods with a recoverable direct address was found in the opened sources, so no media entry was added."],"sources":[{"title":"Toronto Police Department's Official Statement About 'Project Claudia'","url":"https://theweedblog.com/medical-marijuana-policy/toronto-police-departments-official-statement-about-project-claudia","publisher":"The Weed Blog","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Toronto Totals: 43 Dispensaries Raided, 90 Arrested Over 'Quality Control'","url":"https://www.leafly.ca/news/canada/toronto-totals-43-dispensaries-raided-90-arrested-over-quality-co","publisher":"Leafly","date":"2016-05-27","archived":null}]},{"id":"ontario-project-o-sabot-2700-plants-2013","code":"CET-YYJTFX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ontario-project-o-sabot-2700-plants-2013/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/YYJTFX/","date":"2013-08-21","added_at":"2026-11-03T13:38:04.235Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Southwestern Ontario","coordinates":[60.417,-96.549],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Ontario police destroy close to 2,700 plants in Project O-SABOT","summary":"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.","status":"verified","figures":{"plants_destroyed":2700},"tags":["operation-sabot","o-sabot","outdoor-grows"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["Only the RCMP release for this 19 to 21 August operation was found, so no second source confirms the figures.","The release names no precise grow sites, arrests, charges or court outcomes.","The release does not say how the destroyed plants were counted or weighed, so no weight is recorded here."],"sources":[{"title":"Police Target Marihuana Grows","url":"https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/police-target-marihuana-grows-513013621.html","publisher":"Royal Canadian Mounted Police","date":"2013-09-26","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210923222553/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/police-target-marihuana-grows-513013621.html"}]},{"id":"trac-markham-grow-op-scheme-sentence","code":"CET-JYTY95","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/trac-markham-grow-op-scheme-sentence/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/JYTY95/","date":"2009-12-22","added_at":"2026-11-03T20:02:20.275Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Newmarket, Ontario","coordinates":[44.057,-79.461],"precision":"locality","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Markham realtor jailed five years for 54-house grow-op scheme","summary":"Markham real estate agent Phu Nhi (John) Trac was jailed for five years and fined more than $1 million on 22 December 2009 for running Canada's largest-known grow-op scheme: 54 rented Toronto-area houses yielding 27,550 plants worth over $30 million. Charges against his wife and brother were dropped; his lead accomplice fled and remains wanted.","status":"verified","figures":{"prison":"5 years","fine":{"amount":760000,"currency":"CAD"}},"tags":["grow-op","real-estate","york-region"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["No exact total for the fines was published: the Star reports more than $1 million while the appeal court details a $760,000 fine in lieu of forfeiture plus further fines on tax counts.","The Star dates the scheme between 2001 and 2002 while the appeal court gives September 2000 to December 2002; this report uses the court's range.","No outcome was reported for lead accomplice Sau San (Jennifer) Wu beyond fleeing the city and remaining wanted."],"sources":[{"title":"Real estate agent jailed, fined $1M for grow-op scheme","url":"http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/741908--real-estate-agent-jailed-fined-1m-for-grow-op-scheme","publisher":"Toronto Star","date":"2009-12-23","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20100516035817/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/741908--real-estate-agent-jailed-fined-1m-for-grow-op-scheme"},{"title":"R. v. Trac, 2013 ONCA 246","url":"https://coadecisions.ontariocourts.ca/coa/coa/en/item/12062/index.do?iframe=true","publisher":"Court of Appeal for Ontario","date":"2013-04-19","archived":null}]},{"id":"ontario-project-osabot-eradication-2009","code":"CET-3N79AM","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ontario-project-osabot-eradication-2009/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/3N79AM/","date":"2009-09-18","added_at":"2026-11-03T21:50:53.804Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Hamilton, Niagara, Brant, Norfolk and Haldimand counties, Ontario","coordinates":[60.417,-96.549],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Project OSABOT eradicates 4,700 outdoor plants in southwestern Ontario","summary":"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.","status":"verified","figures":{"plants_destroyed":4700,"value":{"amount":4700000,"currency":"CAD"}},"tags":["osabot","rcmp","opp","outdoor-grows"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["Only the RCMP release could be opened; no independent account of this phase was found.","No arrests were reported for the five-day operation.","Earlier Project OSABOT phases run from Kitchener, Kingston and London are separate operations left out here.","Photographs were offered on request in the release but no image page with a recoverable address was found.","No photograph of the operation with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened source."],"sources":[{"title":"Law Enforcement Agencies Team Up for Outdoor Marihuana Eradication Operation","url":"http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/law-enforcement-agencies-team-up-for-outdoor-marihuana-eradication-operation-538611421.html","publisher":"Royal Canadian Mounted Police (via CNW)","date":"2009-09-21","archived":null}]},{"id":"kindred-cafe-toronto-raid-2008","code":"CET-A52W1T","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/kindred-cafe-toronto-raid-2008/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/A52W1T/","date":"2008-11-20","added_at":"2026-11-03T21:22:01.190Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Kindred Cafe, 7 Breadalbane Street, Toronto","coordinates":[43.6672,-79.3826],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Police raid Toronto's Kindred Cafe and charge two staff with trafficking","summary":"More than a dozen Toronto police officers raided the Kindred Cafe on 20 November 2008, taking two employees into custody on marijuana trafficking charges after undercover buys of cannabis-laced treats.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2},"tags":["coffeeshop","medical-marijuana"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["Both opened pages are forum mirrors of the original Toronto Star and National Post articles, which are no longer at their original addresses.","The court outcome for the two employees and the cafe owner is not recorded in the opened sources.","No photograph of the raid with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Downtown coffee house busted for pot","url":"https://drugs-forum.com/ams/downtown-coffee-house-busted-for-pot.6700/","publisher":"Toronto Star (via Drugs-Forum mirror)","date":"2008-11-20","archived":null},{"title":"ON: Pot Activists To Rally At Old City Hall","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/on-pot-activists-to-rally-at-old-city-hall.84021/","publisher":"National Post (via 420 Magazine mirror)","date":"2008-11-24","archived":null}]},{"id":"pembroke-b-line-road-40000-plants-2008","code":"CET-V7QC2D","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/pembroke-b-line-road-40000-plants-2008/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/V7QC2D/","date":"2008-09-18","added_at":"2026-11-03T09:25:24.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"1970 B-Line Road, Laurentian Valley Township, near Pembroke, Ontario","coordinates":[45.8166,-77.1167],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["seizure"],"title":"40,000 cannabis plants seized in cornfield near Pembroke","summary":"Ontario Provincial Police executing a search warrant on 18 September 2008 found more than 40,000 cannabis plants hidden between corn rows at 1970 B-Line Road near Pembroke, calling it the largest grow operation in Canada's history with a street value of about $40 million.","status":"verified","figures":{"plants_destroyed":40000,"value":{"amount":40000000,"currency":"CAD"}},"tags":["opp","grow-op","cornfield"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"meta/muse-spark","open_questions":["No arrests were reported; police said they were seeking persons of interest and would not say whether the landowner had been questioned.","The farm's yearly output and how long the operation had run were not stated in the opened sources.","No photograph of the event with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Ontario Marijuana Bust Called Largest In Canada's History","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/ontario-marijuana-bust-called-largest-in-canadas-history.81600/","publisher":"CBC (via 420 Magazine)","date":"2008-09-22","archived":null},{"title":"Inside Canada's Biggest Pot Bust","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/inside-canadas-biggest-pot-bust.81777/","publisher":"The Ottawa Citizen (via 420 Magazine)","date":"2008-09-27","archived":null}]},{"id":"york-project-tropical-storm-grow-ops-2008","code":"CET-FE2TVM","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/york-project-tropical-storm-grow-ops-2008/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/FE2TVM/","date":"2008-05-16","added_at":"2026-11-04T02:47:39.839Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Greater Toronto Area","coordinates":[43.6532,-79.3832],"precision":"region","type":"raid","also":["arrest"],"title":"Project Tropical Storm shuts 18 GTA grow-ops; 31 arrested","summary":"York Regional Police ended a two-year probe into a Toronto hydroponics supplier with raids on 18 grow-ops across the Greater Toronto Area in May 2008, seizing 3,288 plants worth C$12.5 million. Thirty-one people were arrested on more than 200 charges.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":31,"charged":31,"plants_destroyed":3288,"value":{"amount":12500000,"currency":"CAD"}},"tags":["project-tropical-storm","grow-ops","york-police","hydroponics"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The Mississauga News reported more than 8,000 plants seized; this report uses the final police tally of 3,288 plants given at the May press conferences.","No court outcomes for the 31 arrested were reported in the opened sources.","The Toronto Star published a photograph of the seized plants, but no direct image address could be recovered, so it is not embedded."],"sources":[{"title":"Grow ops trade pot for guns, chief says","url":"http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/427333","publisher":"Toronto Star","date":"2008-05-19","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20080724233807/http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/427333"},{"title":"Tropical Storm Rains on GTA Grow-ops","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/tropical-storm-rains-on-gta-grow-ops.76111/","publisher":"The Mississauga News (via 420 Magazine repost)","date":"2008-05-17","archived":null}]},{"id":"nordik-mushroom-farm-3100-plants-2007","code":"CET-JC107D","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nordik-mushroom-farm-3100-plants-2007/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/JC107D/","date":"2007-03-06","added_at":"2026-11-04T02:47:39.839Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Nordik Imperial Mushroom farm, North Stormont","coordinates":[45.25,-74.92],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest"],"title":"3,100 plants seized at North Stormont mushroom farm","summary":"Ontario Provincial Police raided the former Nordik Imperial Mushroom farm in North Stormont on 6 March 2007, seizing 3,100 marijuana plants in the largest indoor grow operation found in eastern Ontario. Eight people were arrested and charged with production and possession for trafficking.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":8,"charged":8,"plants_destroyed":3100},"tags":["north-stormont","mushroom-farm","grow-op","opp"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["Only the CBC account of the raid could be opened; index listings indicate an Ottawa Citizen account of the same raid that could not be opened.","None of the eight arrested people were named in the opened source.","No court outcome for the eight charged was reported in the opened source.","No verifiable photograph of the raid with a recoverable direct image address was found."],"sources":[{"title":"3,100 marijuana plants seized at Ontario mushroom farm","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/3100-plant-indoor-grow-busted.62533/","publisher":"CBC (via 420 Magazine repost)","date":"2007-03-08","archived":null}]},{"id":"toronto-jane-street-highrise-grow-op-2006","code":"CET-T72E8D","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/toronto-jane-street-highrise-grow-op-2006/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/T72E8D/","date":"2006-11-23","added_at":"2026-11-03T20:39:54.117Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"2600 Jane St, North York, Toronto","coordinates":[43.7405,-79.5143],"precision":"exact","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Police raid 22 units in a Jane Street highrise and seize 6,000 plants","summary":"Toronto police raided 22 units across nine floors of a highrise at 2600 Jane St on 23 November 2006, seizing about 6,000 marijuana plants and 30 pounds of dried cannabis. Three men including the building's superintendent were charged.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":3,"charged":3,"kg_seized":13.6,"plants_destroyed":6000,"value":{"amount":6000000,"currency":"CAD"}},"tags":["toronto","jane-street","grow-op"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The National Post dates the initial entry to Wednesday 22 November while other reports describe the discoveries on Thursday 23 November, which this report uses.","Reports differ on the count of grow-ops found, with 22 units raided but one account describing 19 grow-ops.","The two outlets give different ages for the building superintendent, so no age is stated here.","No trial outcomes or further arrests beyond the three charged men were reported."],"sources":[{"title":"Building Superintendent Charged","url":"http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1606/a01.html","publisher":"National Post (via MAPINC)","date":"2006-11-25","archived":null},{"title":"Tenants Meet To Discuss Grow-op Worries","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/tenants-meet-to-discuss-grow-op-worries.59067/","publisher":"CTV Toronto (via 420 Magazine)","date":"2006-11-26","archived":null},{"title":"Police Seize $6-Million in Marijuana Plants","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/police-seize-6-million-in-marijuana-plants.59006/","publisher":"Globe and Mail (via 420 Magazine)","date":"2006-11-24","archived":null}]},{"id":"iroquois-falls-21000-plants-2005","code":"CET-T008TZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/iroquois-falls-21000-plants-2005/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/T008TZ/","date":"2005-07-24","added_at":"2026-11-02T13:47:32.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Iroquois Falls, Cochrane District, Ontario","coordinates":[48.767,-80.667],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"21,000 cannabis plants seized on a three-football-field farm at Iroquois Falls","summary":"Ontario police raided a remote farm near Iroquois Falls on 24 July 2005, seizing more than 21,000 cannabis plants growing in straight rows over three football fields. A 39-year-old Toronto man was arrested and charged with producing a controlled substance.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"plants_destroyed":21000},"tags":["iroquois-falls","opp","outdoor-grow","commercial-growing"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"meta/muse-spark","open_questions":["The search warrant was carried out on the Sunday before the 26-27 July publications, i.e. 24 July; no opened source states the calendar date outright.","No street value for this harvest was published.","Police said more people were likely involved; no further arrests were reported.","The same sweep of coverage reports a separate seizure of 7,000 plants and ecstasy pills at Sundridge, a different event left out here."],"sources":[{"title":"Fields Of Pot","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/fields-of-pot.41058/","publisher":"Toronto Sun (via 420 Magazine)","date":"2005-07-27","archived":null},{"title":"I want to see pictures of this…","url":"https://www.drugwarrant.com/2005/07/i-want-to-see-pictures-of-this/","publisher":"Drug WarRant","date":"2005-07-26","archived":null}]},{"id":"sarnia-industrial-grow-op-2800-plants-2005","code":"CET-MZANC1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sarnia-industrial-grow-op-2800-plants-2005/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MZANC1/","date":"2005-01-25","added_at":"2026-11-03T20:39:54.117Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"South-end industrial building, Sarnia, Ontario","coordinates":[42.9744,-82.4035],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Police shut an industrial grow-op with 2,800 plants in Sarnia's south end","summary":"Sarnia police and the OPP shut down an industrial-building grow operation in Sarnia's south end on 25 January 2005, seizing about 2,800 marijuana plants and 13.6 kg of dried cannabis. Two Sarnia residents were charged.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"charged":2,"kg_seized":13.6,"plants_destroyed":2800,"value":{"amount":3400000,"currency":"CAD"}},"tags":["sarnia","grow-op","chemical-valley"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["Only one source for this raid could be found.","The article gives no separate date for the raid, saying only that police shut the operation down on Tuesday; 25 January is the Tuesday before its Friday publication.","Police withheld the building's owners and exact location, and no court outcomes were reported.","The amount of cash found was not disclosed."],"sources":[{"title":"Sarnia Grow-op Raid Nets $3.4M in Pot","url":"http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n157/a08.html","publisher":"London Free Press (via MAPINC)","date":"2005-01-28","archived":null}]},{"id":"barrie-molson-brewery-grow-op-2004","code":"CET-V56PWD","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/barrie-molson-brewery-grow-op-2004/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/V56PWD/","date":"2004-12-03","added_at":"2026-11-02T13:47:32.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-04T04:23:32.000Z","country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Former Molson brewery, Barrie, Ontario","coordinates":[44.383,-79.683],"precision":"locality","type":"sentence","also":["raid","arrest","seizure"],"title":"Seven sentenced over 30,000-plant Barrie brewery grow-op","summary":"Seven men who pleaded guilty to production and possession for trafficking were sentenced on 3 December 2004 over the 30,000-plant cannabis factory found in Barrie's former Molson brewery that January. The judge called them minor players, not the controlling minds; the organizers behind the estimated $120 million operation were never charged.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":9,"charged":7,"plants_destroyed":30000,"value":{"amount":30000000,"currency":"CAD"}},"tags":["molson","barrie","opp","grow-op","organised-crime"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"meta/muse-spark","open_questions":["The raid fell on the Saturday before the 12-13 January publications, i.e. 10 January; no opened source states the calendar date outright.","An earlier account reported eleven arrests; later accounts report nine at the brewery, which this report uses.","Early accounts described only thousands of plants before police gave the figure of more than 30,000.","One feature framed the farm's yearly output at $100 million; the police street-value estimate of $30 million is used here.","Only the Toronto Star account of the December sentencing could be reopened.","Police said they knew who the organizers were but could not charge them; no later charges are covered here."],"sources":[{"title":"Huge Marijuana Factory Was One Strange Joint","url":"https://cannabisnews.com/news/18/thread18131.shtml","publisher":"Globe and Mail (via CannabisNews)","date":"2004-01-13","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20241117214500/https://cannabisnews.com/news/18/thread18131.shtml"},{"title":"Pot Bust Worth $30-million, Police Say","url":"https://cannabisnews.com/news/18/thread18130.shtml","publisher":"Globe and Mail (via CannabisNews)","date":"2004-01-12","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20241117183248/https://cannabisnews.com/news/18/thread18130.shtml"},{"title":"OPP High on Big Brewery Bust","url":"https://cannabisnews.com/news/18/thread18129.shtml","publisher":"Globe and Mail (via CannabisNews)","date":"2004-01-12","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20241117214506/https://cannabisnews.com/news/18/thread18129.shtml"},{"title":"7 Men Sentenced In Huge Marijuana Growing Operation","url":"http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1739/a02.html","publisher":"Toronto Star (via MAPINC)","date":"2004-12-04","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250111152840/http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1739/a02.html"}]},{"id":"toronto-compassion-centre-raid-2002","code":"CET-DAT9HS","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/toronto-compassion-centre-raid-2002/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/DAT9HS/","date":"2002-08-13","added_at":"2026-11-02T12:57:33.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Bathurst and St Clair, Toronto, Ontario","coordinates":[43.6834,-79.4197],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest"],"title":"Toronto police raid Compassion Centre serving 1,200 patients","summary":"Toronto police raided the Toronto Compassion Centre at Bathurst and St Clair on 13 August 2002, seizing medicine for about 1,200 patients and arresting staff; the club's two founders were charged with possession and trafficking and the charges were later dropped.","status":"verified","figures":{"charged":2},"tags":["compassion-club","medical-marijuana"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"meta/muse-spark","open_questions":["The Toronto Star accounts of 14 and 16 August 2002 cited by the bulletins could not be opened, so the raid rests on later reports of them.","The opened sources give no inventory or weight for the marijuana seized in the raid.","The exact date the charges were dropped is not given in the opened sources.","No photograph of the raid with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Pot Club Bust Sends ME Onto the Street to Score","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/reefer-sadness.6033/","publisher":"NOW Magazine","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Canadian Government Backs Away from Medical Marijuana, But Advocates See No Big Defeat","url":"https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/251/healthcanada.shtml","publisher":"Drug War Chronicle","date":"2002-08-23","archived":null},{"title":"No Fuss, No Muss at Medicinal Marijuana Store","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/no-fuss-no-muss-at-medicinal-marijuana-store.31314/","publisher":"The Globe and Mail","date":"2004-09-24","archived":null}]},{"id":"vaughan-bradwick-8600-plants-2001","code":"CET-1RW14Q","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/vaughan-bradwick-8600-plants-2001/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/1RW14Q/","date":"2001-11-20","added_at":"2026-11-03T15:42:10.644Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"100 Bradwick Drive, Vaughan, Ontario","coordinates":[43.8563,-79.5085],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest"],"title":"York police seize 8,600 cannabis plants in Vaughan warehouse raid","summary":"York Region police raided a 10,000-square-foot indoor greenhouse at 100 Bradwick Drive in Vaughan on 20 November 2001, seizing more than 8,600 plants they valued at $8.5 million; two Toronto men were charged.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"charged":2,"value":{"amount":8500000,"currency":"CAD"}},"tags":["grow-op","vaughan"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The Toronto Star original could not be opened, so the raid rests on its MAPINC mirror.","The opened source does not say what happened to the two men charged or whether the plants were destroyed.","The opened source gives no weight for the seized plants, so no quantity in kilograms is recorded.","No photograph of the raid with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Pot Raid Nets 8,600 Plants","url":"http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1955/a11.html","publisher":"Toronto Star (via MAPINC)","date":"2001-11-21","archived":null}]},{"id":"project-greenhouse-kitchener-raids-2001","code":"CET-X87Z0C","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/project-greenhouse-kitchener-raids-2001/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/X87Z0C/","date":"2001-06-22","added_at":"2026-11-03T20:39:54.117Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph and Toronto area","coordinates":[43.4513,-80.4928],"precision":"region","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Project Greenhouse raids 17 homes across Waterloo Region and Toronto","summary":"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.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":23,"plants_destroyed":2000},"tags":["kitchener","waterloo","project-greenhouse","grow-op"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The seized plants were valued anywhere from $1.3 million to $1.9 million, so no single value is recorded.","A September 2002 report described nine members of the Tran family still before the courts over this investigation, with a 60-day preliminary hearing possibly a year away; no outcome was found.","The same June 2001 article notes a wider Waterloo crackdown since January, with 30 homes raided and 40 people charged, which is a separate set of events left out here."],"sources":[{"title":"Pot Growers Were A Team: 23 Suspects Linked, Police Say","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/pot-growers-were-a-team-23-suspects-linked-police-say.4781/","publisher":"Kitchener-Waterloo Record (via 420 Magazine)","date":"2001-06-26","archived":null},{"title":"Drug Charges Should Be Dropped Because Of Trial Delays","url":"http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1710/a05.html","publisher":"Kitchener-Waterloo Record (via MAPINC)","date":"2002-09-11","archived":null}]},{"id":"udora-wakeford-medical-marijuana-raid-2001","code":"CET-NRP3CQ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/udora-wakeford-medical-marijuana-raid-2001/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NRP3CQ/","date":"2001-03-02","added_at":"2026-11-04T02:49:58.910Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ca/on","country_name":"Ontario, Canada","place":"Udora, Ontario","coordinates":[44.2567,-79.1831],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest"],"title":"Police seize about 200 medical-marijuana plants from activist's Udora farm","summary":"York police raided a farmhouse Jim Wakeford had rented in Udora on 2 March 2001 and removed about 200 marijuana plants he was growing for himself and other holders of federal medical exemptions. About eleven days later provincial police stopped his taxi, seized a pound of marijuana and charged him with possession for trafficking.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":0.45,"plants_destroyed":200},"tags":["wakeford","medical-marijuana","udora"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The Toronto Sun reports 150 to 200 plants removed while Maclean's reports about 200 seized; this report uses about 200.","The outcome of the 4 April court date mentioned in the Toronto Sun report is not covered in the opened sources.","No photograph of the farm or the seizure with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Medicinal Marijuana Man Burned - 150 Plants Seized","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/medicinal-marijuana-man-burned-150-plants-seized.4438/","publisher":"Toronto Sun (via 420 Magazine)","date":"2001-03-03","archived":null},{"title":"Jim Wakeford Fights to Make Marijuana Freely Available to the Sick and Dying","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/rebel-with-a-compelling-cause.4896/","publisher":"Maclean's (via 420 Magazine)","date":"2001-07-30","archived":null}]}]}