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$3.5 Million Of Pot Seized



SooNews Staff for SooNews.ca
Thursday, July 29, 2010, 9:51AM





On July 27th 2010, members of the O.P.P. Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Drug Enforcement Unit, North Bay, with assistance from the O.P.P. Emergency Response Team and the O.P.P. K-9 Unit, executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act Search Warrant at a Savard Township property.

As a result of this investigation an outdoor cannabis marijuana growing operation was located. 3,530 marijuana plants, with a potential street value of $3,530,000, was seized along with a tractor, van, ATV and trailer. Two men from the Greater Toronto Area were arrested and charged.

CHARGED ARE:

1. Thuy Xuan VU, age 46 yrs, of Mississauga.

* Production of a Controlled Substance contrary to section 7(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act – (Cannabis Marihuana)

2. No Van DANG, age 48 yrs, of Toronto.

* Production of a Controlled Substance contrary to section 7(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act – (Cannabis Marihuana)