STAFF OF BLOC MP POINT POLICE TO GROW-OP

Montreal Staff of a Bloc Quebecois MP can take credit in sniffing out
a major growop in Montreal. Police seized more than 23,000 marijuana
plants at 14 locations in the north end of the city this week in an
operation that targeted drug dealers linked to Asian criminal
organizations.

Approximately 15,500 plants were found at one grow-op, the largest
single haul in Montreal police history, Constable Olivier Lapointe
said. The plants were flourishing in the same building that housed the
offices of Maria Mourani, Bloc Quebecois MP for the riding of Ahuntsic.

Ms. Mourani contacted police after her staff complained of the strong
odours coming from the building's upper floors. Thirteen men have been
arrested as a result of the raids, and face charges of marijuana
cultivation and possession for the purpose of trafficking.