News (Media Awareness Project) - CN BC: Likely Story |
| Title: | CN BC: Likely Story |
| Published On: | 2008-05-20 |
| Source: | Prince George Citizen (CN BC) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-05-24 22:08:26 |
LIKELY STORY
Huge grow-op busted; acreage seized The largest grow-op in northern
B.C. history is now the largest marijuana operation the province has
ever put to civil forfeiture.
On Tuesday, the province and the RCMP seized a hectare of land in the
Cariboo, which had 5,566 plants in various stages of growth. The
Citizen learned that an unofficial estimate by authorities pinned the
potential value of the operation at $20 million or more per year.
"This is the first time that real estate has been seized in northern
B.C. There has been cash and vehicles and such, but no real property
up until now," said Const. Craig Douglass, who was involved in the
bust of the grow-op on Nov. 22, 2006, on a rural property near Likely,
northeast of Williams Lake.
Huge grow-op busted; acreage seized The largest grow-op in northern
B.C. history is now the largest marijuana operation the province has
ever put to civil forfeiture.
On Tuesday, the province and the RCMP seized a hectare of land in the
Cariboo, which had 5,566 plants in various stages of growth. The
Citizen learned that an unofficial estimate by authorities pinned the
potential value of the operation at $20 million or more per year.
"This is the first time that real estate has been seized in northern
B.C. There has been cash and vehicles and such, but no real property
up until now," said Const. Craig Douglass, who was involved in the
bust of the grow-op on Nov. 22, 2006, on a rural property near Likely,
northeast of Williams Lake.
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