LETHBRIDGE KIDS SEIZED FROM GROW OP

Two small children found living at marijuana grow ops in Lethbridge
have been seized by police after a million-dollar bust.

Four homes were raided Thursday by Lethbridge Regional Police Service
and the Southern Alberta Marijuana Investigative Team.

More than 1,000 pot plants and growing equipment were seized.

The illegal plants have an estimated street value of over $1 million.

Under the Drug Endangered Children Act, two children have been
apprehended by Southwest Alberta Child and Family Services, said Insp.
Jeff Cove of the Lethbridge Regional Police Service.

Four adults have been taken into custody from the four homes.

Police say charges are pending.

The Drug Endangered Children's Act became law Nov. 1.

The new provincial legislation -- the first of its kind in Canada --
carries a maximum fine of $25,000 and two years in jail.

It enables police to charge the parents of children found living in
grow ops or other drug environments, such as meth labs, with
endangering the life of a child.