POT SWEEP NETS 6,423 PLANTS - A GROWING PROBLEM

The annual harvest of illicit crops has begun in Argenteuil, where
police recently seized a large quantity of marijuana plants as part of
the "Cisaille" blitz.

Sfrete du Quebec officers seized 6, 423 plants in Lachute,
Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Saint-Andre-d'Argenteuil, Brownsburg-Chatham
and Wentworth.

Pot plantations are expanding, says the police force, relating that in
2005, the SQ in the Laurentides and LanaudiPre regions confiscated
137,656 cannabis plants, compared to 121,870 in 2004. Since the
beginning of 2006, more than 110,000 were seized in these two regions.

"Cisaille" was launched in 1999 by the SQ, which continues to urge the
public to help police cope with the growing phenomenon.

Citizens are asked to report any information concerning the production
and sale of marijuana