Moncton cannabis store fined $20,000; charges against two men dropped
An unlicensed Moncton cannabis store, H.C.A. Wellness Inc., was fined $20,000 on 27 February 2024 over a 2022 raid that seized about $136,000 in cannabis products and cash. Charges against the two men arrested in the raid were withdrawn the same day.
🇨🇦 Moncton · New Brunswick, Canada
Arrested
2
Charged
2
Fine
CAD 20,000
Cash confiscated
CAD 10,400
Agencies
🇨🇦RCMP, New Brunswick Department of Justice and Public Safety
An unlicensed cannabis store in Moncton, H.C.A. Wellness Inc., was fined $20,000 on 27 February 2024 following a raid in 2022, while charges against two men connected to the company were withdrawn.[1][2]Peace officers with New Brunswick’s Department of Justice and Public Safety, backed by the Codiac Regional RCMP, had raided the storefront on 13 October 2022 and seized more than a dozen kilograms of cannabis, 1.5 kg of hash, vape pens and cartridges, live resin, RSO and edibles, plus about $10,400 in cash, a haul valued at about $136,000.[1][2]
Donald Matthew Scott, 42, of Fredericton, and G. James McEwen, 45, were both charged with possessing cannabis for the purpose of selling.[1][2]On 27 February 2024 officers laid a new charge against the company instead, and the counts against both men were withdrawn that day.[1][2]The case was reported as a first: a New Brunswick business fined for selling illegal cannabis.[1]
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