News (Media Awareness Project) - CN ON: Huge Bust Shows Pot Problem Growing |
| Title: | CN ON: Huge Bust Shows Pot Problem Growing |
| Published On: | 2004-01-13 |
| Source: | Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-19 00:42:31 |
HUGE BUST SHOWS POT PROBLEM GROWING
BARRIE, Ont. -- A marijuana "factory" concealed within a sprawling old
brewery just steps from one of Ontario's busiest highways is proof Canada's
pot problem has reached "epidemic proportions," police said yesterday.
The former Molson brewery in Barrie, plainly visible from Hwy. 400, one of
the province's busiest commuter routes, was raided on the weekend.
Inside, police found marijuana with an estimated street value of $30
million, along with a grow operation of staggering proportions -- the
largest and most sophisticated in modern Canadian history.
Across a 5,400-sq.-metre complex the size of a football field, there were
25,000 pot plants growing everywhere -- even inside the cavernous indoor
vats once used to brew beer.
BARRIE, Ont. -- A marijuana "factory" concealed within a sprawling old
brewery just steps from one of Ontario's busiest highways is proof Canada's
pot problem has reached "epidemic proportions," police said yesterday.
The former Molson brewery in Barrie, plainly visible from Hwy. 400, one of
the province's busiest commuter routes, was raided on the weekend.
Inside, police found marijuana with an estimated street value of $30
million, along with a grow operation of staggering proportions -- the
largest and most sophisticated in modern Canadian history.
Across a 5,400-sq.-metre complex the size of a football field, there were
25,000 pot plants growing everywhere -- even inside the cavernous indoor
vats once used to brew beer.
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