Two charged after RCMP seize 25.7 pounds of marijuana in Rankin Inlet
Rankin Inlet RCMP seized 25.7 pounds of marijuana, $15,600 in cash and an all-terrain vehicle at a home on 4 July 2021. Two residents were charged with possessing cannabis for sale and unlawfully importing it into Nunavut.
Rankin Inlet RCMP confiscated25.7 pounds of marijuana (about 11.7 kilograms),
$15,600 in cash and an all-terrain vehicle after executing a search warrant at a
residence in the community on 4 July 2021.[1][2]
Larissa Misheralak was arrested and charged with possession of cannabis for the
purpose of selling, unlawfully importing cannabis into Nunavut, and possession of
property obtained by crime worth more than $5,000.[1][2]Dustin MacLean was also
arrested and faces the same cannabis and property charges, plus a charge of failing
to comply with an undertaking.[1][2]The charges had not been proven in court at
the time of the reports.[1][2]
Case data
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Grey Bruce OPP arrested a 37-year-old Mississauga driver on Nixon Street in Southgate on Nov. 8 after seeing evidence of cannabis during a traffic stop. He faces impaired-driving, cannabis-availability and licence-plate charges and is due in court in Owen Sound on Dec. 17.
York Regional Police charged 23 people and seek one more suspect after Project North Star, an inquiry into a London-supplied illicit cannabis network and online dispensary. Police say the group shipped cannabis by parcel across North America and Europe and seized over 1,550 pounds of cannabis plus hashish and derivatives worth about $4.8 million in London.
Windsor police arrested a 20-year-old man on 3 November 2026 and searched a Meadowbrook Lane home, seizing 417.6 grams of cannabis and 100 cannabis vape pens among other drugs and cash. He was charged with possession of cannabis for the purpose of selling alongside other trafficking and proceeds counts; the charges have not been proven in court.
Dryden OPP stopped a Fort Frances driver at a RIDE check on Highway 594 near Gordon Road on 1 November 2026 and charged him under provincial cannabis and wildlife laws. Officers said an uncased shotgun and readily accessible cannabis products were in the vehicle, and the cannabis was seized.
