Medical Marijuana Program Connection

$2.4M worth of cannabis latest large-scale seizure by OPP in Norfolk County

MMP News AuthorOctober 26, 2020

Provincial police in Norfoik County have seized an estimated $2.4 million worth of cannabis. The latest seizure is the third raid in just over a month. With the other two, police captured $2.1 million and $796,000 worth of cannabis plants, respectively. In the most recent raid, Norfolk OPP were joined by members of ... Read More

Over $2M in cannabis seized in Norfolk County

MMP News AuthorOctober 23, 2020

LONDON, ONT. — OPP officers have seized approximately $2.4 million in cannabis plants, dry and wet cannabis at a Concession 7, Townsend, Ont. address. The items were seized after Norfolk County OPP executed a search warrant on Thursday. OPP Const. Ed Sanchuk says hundreds of pounds of packaged cannabis ready ... Read More

Ottawa, municipalities can’t co-operate on cannabis, Norfolk police board told

MMP News AuthorOctober 10, 2020

Members of Norfolk’s Police Services Board discussed problems with Health Canada’s designated grower program for legal users of medicinal cannabis during a video conference at Governor Simcoe Square Wednesday. Among those speaking on behalf of the federal agency’s cannabis program was Benoit Seguin. Monte Sonnenberg/Postmedia Network jpeg, TN Problem producers ... Read More

Norfolk police services board members express dismay over cannabis oversight

MMP News AuthorOctober 10, 2020

This aerial photo of a suspected greenhouse operation at an undisclosed location in southern Ontario was taken this summer during a major sweep of illegal marijuana production facilities. Health Canada officials discussed abuses of the federal agency’s medical marijuana program with members of Norfolk’s Police Services Board on Oct. 7. ... Read More

$2.1 million in illegal cannabis plants seized in massive Norfolk pot bust

MMP News AuthorSeptember 26, 2020

Twenty-seven people have been arrested and charged in connection with a massive cannabis grow-op near Simcoe which police say is worth millions of dollars. Norfolk OPP seized about $2.1 million in illegal marijuana plants during a raid at a Windham Road 12 property Thursday. Police say several suspects fled the ... Read More