140 cannabis plants found in SUV grow op at Horseshoe Bay ferry
Police searching a RAV4 in the Horseshoe Bay ferry lineup in August 2007 found 140 cannabis plants inside. The SUV had been fitted out as a mobile grow operation with extra power, fertilizer and sheeting.
🇨🇦 Horseshoe Bay ferry lineup, West Vancouver · British Columbia, Canada
In August 2007, a grower was caught while waiting in the ferry lineup at
Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver.[1]Police had been called to the lineup after
reports of an inebriated driver in a RAV4.[1]When officers reached the
vehicle, they found the driver with open liquor visible inside.[1]The
officers then noticed the odour of marijuana coming from the vehicle.[1]A
search of the vehicle uncovered 140 plants inside.[1]
The SUV had been retrofitted as a mobile grow operation, with a transformer
boosting the electrical input, fertilizer, white sheeting and other equipment.[1]Investigators believed the plants had already been growing inside the SUV
for several weeks when they were found.[1]The setup reflected a period when
illegally grown British Columbia cannabis was lucrative but still illegal to
cultivate.[1]
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Staff at Collins Bay Institution, a federal prison in Kingston, Ontario, seized packages containing marijuana, cannabis concentrate and other contraband over six days between October 30 and November 4, 2026. Correctional Service Canada put the total institutional value of the mixed seizure at $593,253 and reported no weights, counts or arrests.
Staff at Cowansville Institution, a medium-security federal prison in Quebec, seized contraband including cannabis concentrate and marijuana on November 1, 2026. Correctional Service Canada put the total institutional value of the mixed seizure at $121,655 and reported no weights, counts, arrests or charges.
Ontario Provincial Police charged three men after searching an address in Midland, Ontario, on 27 October 2026, where officers looking for a wanted person found a loaded handgun, suspected cocaine and methamphetamine, and 63 grams of cannabis shatter. All three face firearm and drug charges and were held for court in Barrie; one is also charged with possessing cannabis for sale.
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.
