$1.4M POT GROW-OP DISCOVERED IN WEST SPRINGS

A $1.4-million marijuana grow-operation has been uncovered in the upscale
southwest neighbourhood of West Springs. Police were tipped to the
possibility of a grow-op in a home on the 100 block of West Cedar Rise S.W.
and moved in yesterday with a search warrant.

Inside, the Southern Alberta Marijuana Investigative Team, Calgary Police
Service tactical unit and District 2 officers found a three-stage pot
growing operation consisting of 1,100 plants worth an estimated $1.4 million.

"It was a good-size one -- a fairly sophisticated grow operation," said
Insp. Roger Chaffin.

No one was in the home when the search warrant was executed and Chaffin
said no arrests have been made.

The sparsely furnished house appears to have been primarily used to grow weed.

"It was a really high-end house that now has a condemned sticker on it,"
Chaffin said.

Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or
police at 266-1234.