News (Media Awareness Project) - CN ON: Raided House Yields 523 Pot Plants |
| Title: | CN ON: Raided House Yields 523 Pot Plants |
| Published On: | 2002-01-24 |
| Source: | Kitchener-Waterloo Record (CN ON) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-24 23:14:05 |
RAIDED HOUSE YIELDS 523 POT PLANTS
CAMBRIDGE -- Police seized hundreds of marijuana plants from a Cambridge
home yesterday during the second raid in the same upscale neighbourhood
this week.
Waterloo regional police executed a warrant at 15 Chamberlin Dr. yesterday
morning, seizing 523 marijuana plants and bringing an end to yet another
"sophisticated growing operation," said Staff Sgt. Ray Massicotte.
A 39-year-old man was arrested at the home during the raid.
On Tuesday, police seized 822 plants from a home just around the corner at
25 Anglerock Dr. A 46-year-old woman was arrested in that incident.
Chamberlin Drive is in the northeast Galt section of Cambridge.
In both cases, officers went into the houses with a theft-of-electricity
warrant.
The plants seized from the two homes are worth a total of about $1 million,
Massicotte said.
Last year, Massicotte said police seized an average of $1 million worth of
marijuana a month.
"There aren't too many businesses that claim $1 million after taxes," he said.
"This is a big industry. It is a fuel for organized crime."
Massicotte said 35 per cent of the house on Chamberlin Drive was used for
the growing operation, including three rooms in the basement and one room
upstairs.
"It had the earmarkings of all the other ones we've had," he said.
Inside the home, chemicals for growing the plants were found, including a
hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution, a very dangerous toxic chemical. As
well, illegal wiring was strung throughout the home and holes were punched
into the foundation for wires to go through.
"It's proving what we've been saying all along," Massicotte said. "There
are many of these in the region."
Police placed a sign on the front lawn of the home that reads, "This
address was raided by the Waterloo Region Police Drug Squad."
"We want to make the public aware of what we are doing," said Massicotte.
"We want to make sure they know it's us that are out here."
Massicotte said many tips come from neighbours who believe a homegrow
operation is operating.
CAMBRIDGE -- Police seized hundreds of marijuana plants from a Cambridge
home yesterday during the second raid in the same upscale neighbourhood
this week.
Waterloo regional police executed a warrant at 15 Chamberlin Dr. yesterday
morning, seizing 523 marijuana plants and bringing an end to yet another
"sophisticated growing operation," said Staff Sgt. Ray Massicotte.
A 39-year-old man was arrested at the home during the raid.
On Tuesday, police seized 822 plants from a home just around the corner at
25 Anglerock Dr. A 46-year-old woman was arrested in that incident.
Chamberlin Drive is in the northeast Galt section of Cambridge.
In both cases, officers went into the houses with a theft-of-electricity
warrant.
The plants seized from the two homes are worth a total of about $1 million,
Massicotte said.
Last year, Massicotte said police seized an average of $1 million worth of
marijuana a month.
"There aren't too many businesses that claim $1 million after taxes," he said.
"This is a big industry. It is a fuel for organized crime."
Massicotte said 35 per cent of the house on Chamberlin Drive was used for
the growing operation, including three rooms in the basement and one room
upstairs.
"It had the earmarkings of all the other ones we've had," he said.
Inside the home, chemicals for growing the plants were found, including a
hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution, a very dangerous toxic chemical. As
well, illegal wiring was strung throughout the home and holes were punched
into the foundation for wires to go through.
"It's proving what we've been saying all along," Massicotte said. "There
are many of these in the region."
Police placed a sign on the front lawn of the home that reads, "This
address was raided by the Waterloo Region Police Drug Squad."
"We want to make the public aware of what we are doing," said Massicotte.
"We want to make sure they know it's us that are out here."
Massicotte said many tips come from neighbours who believe a homegrow
operation is operating.
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