RCMP seizes 20,000 plants in Seymour Arm grow-op raids; 16 arrested
About 150 RCMP officers raided marijuana grow-ops across Seymour Arm, British Columbia, on 5 October 2004, seizing more than 20,000 plants and about 50 weapons and arresting 16 people. Police said the raids followed a two-year investigation opened after residents complained of violence and intimidation by growers.
🇨🇦 Seymour Arm, Shuswap Lake, British Columbia · British Columbia, Canada
About 150 police officers raided marijuana grow-ops across Seymour Arm, a remote community of about 70 people at the north end of Shuswap Lake, on Tuesday 5 October 2004.[1][2][3][4]Carrying 28 search warrants, officers searched 14 properties and seized more than 20,000 marijuana plants and about 50 weapons.[5][1][2][3][4]
Sixteen people were arrested and released with promises to appear in court; no one resisted the raids.[5][1][3][4]Police said the operation followed a two-year investigation opened after residents complained of violence, threats and intimidation by growers.[5][3][4]
The RCMP’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit led the operation with help from neighbouring detachments, the Coordinated Marijuana Enforcement Team, Calgary police and sheriffs’ officers.[3][4]Officers found grow-ops in attics, basements, underground bunkers and outbuildings, including multi-level factory-style operations with nurseries and drying rooms, powered by commercial-grade generators.[5][3][4]Police said the marijuana was bound for Vancouver, Calgary and the United States, and described the growers as a tightly knit group running a sophisticated distribution network.[5][2][3]
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The reports say the 16 arrested people were released with promises to appear in court, and later court outcomes are not covered in this report.
Contemporary photographs of the seized plants and weapons were described in opened catalogue records, but no direct image address for an event photo could be recovered.
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