Last Friday, Wellington County OPP Community Street Crime Unit executed a Cannabis Act Search Warrant at a commercial property on Wells Street West in the Town of Arthur.
Members of the Wellington County OPP CSCU, Wellington County Crime Unit and uniform officers with the assistance of Perth CSSU, the Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team and the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau seized over 7500 plants as well as a large quantity of Canadian currency and marihuana processing equipment.
The total value of the seized cannabis is estimated to be well over $6 million dollars.
Charged in conjunction with the seizure under the Cannabis Act with Cultivate, Propagate or Harvest Any Cannabis Plant at a Place That is Not Their Dwelling or to Offer to do so, Possession for the Purpose of Distributing, Possession for the Purpose of Selling and Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by a Crime over $5000 contrary to the Criminal Code are:
- 43 year old of Scarborough
- 47 year old of Scarborough
- 23 year old of Markham
- 29 year old of Markham
All the accused are scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Guelph at a later date.
