Project District dismantles 10 grow-ops and seizes 3,300 plants in Manitoba
RCMP and Ste. Anne police dismantled ten marijuana grow operations across Manitoba in the five-week Project District sweep announced 9 March 2012, seizing 3,300 plants, cash and equipment. Thirteen people faced production, trafficking and proceeds charges.
In February 2012 police across Manitoba launched Project District, a five-week operation that dismantled ten marijuana grow operations and seized 3,300 plants, along with about C$34,000 in cash and growing equipment.[1]Officers from RCMP “D” Division joined the Ste. Anne Police Department in the sweep, part of the RCMP’s national Marijuana Grow Initiative against grow operations run by organized crime.[1][2]
Thirteen people faced charges including production and trafficking of a controlled substance, theft of electricity and possession of proceeds of crime.[1]Officers found children living in two of the grow-ops, and fire officials later deemed six of the properties unfit for habitation until inspected and remediated.[1]Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and MP James Bezan publicly commended the two police services for the seizure.[2]
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A dismantled marijuana grow-op in the RM of Rockwood and the seized electrical set-up at a Steinbach grow-op.Photo details
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