Cornwall task force seizes 1,743 cannabis plants in 2014 SABOT sweep
The Cornwall Regional Task Force with the Canadian Armed Forces seized 1,743 outdoor cannabis plants across four eastern Ontario counties between 8 and 11 September 2014, using aerial patrols and tips from residents.
🇨🇦 Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry and Prescott-Russell counties · Ontario, Canada
Between 8 and 11 September 2014, the Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF) with
the Canadian Armed Forces ran the year’s Project SABOT sweep across Stormont,
Dundas and Glengarry counties and the Prescott-Russell counties.[1]Officers
seized 1,743 cannabis plants, found through aerial patrols and tips from
concerned residents, before the crop could be harvested.[1]The OPP drug
enforcement unit and emergency response team, the Cornwall and Akwesasne Mohawk
police services and RCMP detachments from Kingston and Ottawa assisted in the
operation.[1]
Project SABOT is the annual RCMP and armed-forces programme against outdoor
cannabis cultivation, running since 1989 with military aircraft, surveillance
equipment and personnel.[1]The task force’s Inspector Tim Kimpan said the
proactive sweeps hit the activities and finances of organised crime.[1]
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