MARIJUANA PLANTS SEIZED IN BUST

More than 16,000 marijuana plants with a street value of $16 million were
seized during a police investigation that began in January.

Toronto Police said the investigation focused on a network of people they
allege are associated with two retail outlets: Caesar's Garden Centre at
584 Gordon Baker Rd. in North York and Jade Garden Trading at 335 Nuggett
Ave. in Scarborough. Police allege members of this network were involved in
the setting up of grow operations and were providing people with equipment,
expertise and in some cases marijuana seedlings. The organization was also
receiving and distributing the final dried marijuana product, police said.

Also seized were $150,000 cash and 56 kilos of dried and packaged marijuana.