Ontario Provincial Police officers of the Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team searched a property along Highway 54 in Haldimand County on 22 September 2026 after an investigation that grew out of an earlier file.[1] Other OPP units and the Haldimand County Fire Department assisted in executing the search warrant.[1] Police say a third person fled the property during the operation and remains outstanding.[1]
Officers reported seizing approximately 9,110 cannabis plants valued at $4.5 million, 60 kilograms of cannabis shake valued at $20,000, 45 kilograms of cannabis resin valued at $70,700 and 2.5 kilograms of dried cannabis valued at $5,600.[1] Those valuations are police estimates totalling more than $4.6 million, and no court has determined the value, legality or ownership of the material.[1] The property was ordered vacated over safety hazards, and the investigation remains open.[1]
Charges filed
Police charged a 45-year-old North York man and a 44-year-old Maple man with cultivating cannabis at a place that was not their dwelling house and possessing cannabis for the purpose of selling.[1] Both accused are scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Cayuga on 22 December.[1] The allegations have not been tested in court and each accused is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.[1]
