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The Montreal police anti-contraband squad has netted nearly 1,200 cannabis plants, more than $100,000 in cash, cocaine, hashish and other drugs after it conducted 17 raids on Tuesday aimed at shutting down what they describe as a “large scale” illegal cannabis production and sales network.
In a statement Wednesday, police said the network controlled several grow-op sites and fraudulently used Health Canada medical cannabis production permits.
The network, which police said distributed its production throughout the metropolitan Montreal region, also engaged in the production of hashish.
The raids took place in Montreal, Laval and St-Lazare, and officers from Montreal were assisted by those from Laval and the Sûreté du Québec.
The final tally of the raids was:
• 1,149 cannabis plants
• 487.5 pounds of marijuana
• 234 amphetamine tablets
• 1.24 kilograms of hashish
• 238 grams of cocaine
• 373 grams of psilocybin (magic mushrooms)
• 26 grams of MDMA…
