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The420Guy
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Calgary police made the biggest pot bust of the year yesterday,
netting more than $500,000 worth of marijuana.
Police discovered the major grow operation at 16 Martha's Haven Green
N.E., where they seized 391 plants, as well as some drug equipment.
"It's a substantial bust -- the best of the year," said Det. Gord
Renke of the police drug unit's "Green Team."
Cops estimate the seizure is worth $547,000.
It comes on the heels of several other pot busts last month.
Police found a cannabis grow operation worth almost $80,000 at 7804 10
St. N.W. on Wednesday.
On Jan. 24, the drug unit executed a search warrant at 76 Sunmeadows
Court S.E., where they seized 55 pot plants with a street value of
$77,000.
Another $81,000 worth of marijuana was found at a home in the 200
block of Mount Lorette Close S.E. on Jan. 11.
Renke said the string of busts sends a strong message to drug
traffickers.
"They're in a paranoid business, and it makes them even more paranoid
when they hear about busts," he said, adding charges are pending from
yesterday's seizure.
Newshawk: creator@mapinc.org
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Copyright: 2000 The Calgary Sun
Contact: callet@sunpub.com
Website: Canoe.Com
Pubdate: Friday, February 2, 2001
Author: Ian Wilson
netting more than $500,000 worth of marijuana.
Police discovered the major grow operation at 16 Martha's Haven Green
N.E., where they seized 391 plants, as well as some drug equipment.
"It's a substantial bust -- the best of the year," said Det. Gord
Renke of the police drug unit's "Green Team."
Cops estimate the seizure is worth $547,000.
It comes on the heels of several other pot busts last month.
Police found a cannabis grow operation worth almost $80,000 at 7804 10
St. N.W. on Wednesday.
On Jan. 24, the drug unit executed a search warrant at 76 Sunmeadows
Court S.E., where they seized 55 pot plants with a street value of
$77,000.
Another $81,000 worth of marijuana was found at a home in the 200
block of Mount Lorette Close S.E. on Jan. 11.
Renke said the string of busts sends a strong message to drug
traffickers.
"They're in a paranoid business, and it makes them even more paranoid
when they hear about busts," he said, adding charges are pending from
yesterday's seizure.
Newshawk: creator@mapinc.org
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Copyright: 2000 The Calgary Sun
Contact: callet@sunpub.com
Website: Canoe.Com
Pubdate: Friday, February 2, 2001
Author: Ian Wilson
