RCMP bust pot grow-op 2 days after cannabis legalized

Just two days after pot became legal in Canada, RCMPbusted a grow-op in western Manitoba.

Winnipegosisand Dauphin RCMPsearcheda home on Bridge Street inWinnipegosis, Man., on Oct. 19.

Officers found a largeillicit cannabis-growing operationand seized 94 plants in various stages of growth, says a news release issued by RCMPon Wednesday.

A man faces the following charges under the federal Cannabis Act:

• Possession of illicit cannabis.
• Possession for the purpose of distributing.
• Possessing cannabis for the purpose of selling.
• Cultivating, propagating or harvesting a cannabis plant that is from seed or plant material that is illicit cannabis.

Since marijuanabecame legal, Manitoba RCMP say officers have laid the following charges for violations under the Cannabis Act, including charges againsta 16-year-old who was selling pot at school:

• 12 charges of unlawful transport in or on a vehicle.
• Two charges of consuming cannabis in a vehicle.
• One charge of consumption of cannabis by a young person.
• Three charges of possessing illicit cannabis (this includes the 16-year-old).
• One charge of being impaired by cannabis

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