Four charged as over 5,000 cannabis plants seized in Pembroke
Ontario police raided a commercial building on Mackay Street in Pembroke on 3 March 2021 and seized more than 5,000 cannabis plants with growing equipment. Four people were charged with cultivating cannabis outside a dwelling and released to appear in court in April.
Ontario Provincial Police raided a large commercial building in the 900 block of Mackay Street in Pembroke on 3 March 2021.[1][2]The raid brought together the provincial cannabis enforcement team with organised-crime, street-crime, asset-forfeiture, emergency-response and Upper Ottawa Valley officers.[1][2]Officers seized more than 5,000 cannabis plants and a large quantity of growing and processing equipment.[1][2]
Four people were charged with cultivating cannabis at a place that is not a dwelling house.[1][2]Police released them to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke on 6 April 2021.[1][2]
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