FORCES SEIZE POT ON BASE

NICOLET, QUE. -- The Canadian Forces said yesterday they have seized nearly
1,000 cannabis plants at a Forces munitions centre northeast of Montreal.
The plants were found earlier this week after provincial police advised the
Forces marijuana may have been growing on their territory. The plants,
which the Forces said had an estimated value of $1 million, were
transferred to the RCMP.

"We're talking about 20 to 50 plants per section (of growth)," Forces
official Steve Lebel said yesterday.

About 60 people work at the site, but it was not immediately known whether
Forces staff were involved. The centre extends for 18 kilometres along the
banks of Lac St-Pierre. Raymond Gagnon, who manages the centre, said
growers could have travelled there from the water