Grow operations found in three Royalwood houses; 850 plants seized
Winnipeg police found marijuana grow operations in three houses in the Royalwood neighbourhood in 2008, seizing more than 850 plants at 31 Northport Bay on 24 September. The province sought forfeiture of all three houses, together valued at about $1.2 million, in the first cases under its new Criminal Property Forfeiture Act.
🇨🇦 Royalwood, Winnipeg · Manitoba, Canada
Plants destroyed
850
Winnipeg Police Service investigations located marijuana grow operations in three south Winnipeg houses in 2008, and on 10 September 2009 the province filed statements of claim in the Court of Queen’s Bench seeking forfeiture of all three under the Criminal Property Forfeiture Act.[1]The houses, together valued at about $1.2 million, were 4 Beaudry Bay, owned by Yan Qun Huang of Vancouver; 94 Beaudry Bay, owned by Guo Liang Deng of Vancouver; and 31 Northport Bay, owned by Jin Qing Liu of Port Moody.[1]
At 31 Northport Bay, officers had seized more than 850 marijuana plants on 24 September 2008, and no one was living in the house.[2]The Northport Bay house became the second property fully forfeited under the act, and the province put it up for sale at $349,900, estimating its restored value at about $420,000.[2]The forfeiture claims also named the Toronto Dominion Bank, which held the mortgages, alongside Manitoba Hydro, MTS Netcom and Shaw Cable, which held easements on the titles.[1]
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