KAWARTHA LAKES-The OPP says 15,000 cannabis plants were seized in a raid on King Meadow Farm near Dunsford yesterday.
Police say the investigation led by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) from the City of Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton Highlands detachments.
On August 27, 2020 a Cannabis Act Warrant was executed at a rural property within the City of Kawartha Lakes, with the assistance of the CSCU from the Peterborough and Northumberland OPP detachments as well as the Central Region Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Canine Unit. Nine persons were detained and some of the items seized included:
- 15 300 Cannabis plants
- cannabis bud
- motor vehicles
- industrial sized dehumidifiers
- generators
- riding lawnmower
The property featured a very structured growing site that was being operated outside of the Health Canada regulations. The investigation is on-going.
