75,000 plants and 2,400 kg seized in Leamington greenhouse raid
Ontario police raided a greenhouse on Mersea Road in Leamington on 18 November 2020, seizing more than 75,000 cannabis plants and about 2,400 kg of processed cannabis valued at over C$80 million. Ten people were arrested and charged.
Ontario Provincial Police raided a greenhouse on Mersea Road in Leamington on Wednesday, seizing more than 75,000 cannabis plants and over 5,300 pounds (about 2,400 kg) of processed cannabis.[1][2]Officers from the Essex County detachment, its crime unit and the Regional Community Street Crime Unit carried out the Cannabis Act raid with the OPP-led Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team, the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, the Emergency Response Team and the Tactics and Rescue Unit.[1]A police detective inspector valued the seizure at more than C$80 million.[1]
Ten people were arrested and charged with possession of cannabis for trafficking and growing cannabis somewhere other than a private dwelling.[2][1]Police named the ten accused, aged 35 to 57 and mostly of no fixed address, with others listed from North York, Scarborough and Markham.[2][1]They were due in a Leamington court at a later date, and the investigation was continuing.[1]
The Essex County detachment commander said the seizure showed the resolve of criminal enterprise groups to profit from illegal grow operations and warned that police would keep pursuing them.[2][1]
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