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| Fir3start3r |
Hot news from Barrie
I know it's a couple days old but....daaaaamn :toothless
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9 Charged - Over $30 Million in Marihuana Seized
BARRIE, ON, Jan. 12 /CNW/ - Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police
Drug Enforcement Section and the Barrie Police Service have arrested and
charged nine men, and seized over 30,000 marihuana plants with a street value
of approximately $30 million, in two massive indoor grow operations.
Officers executed a search warrant in Barrie early Saturday (Jan. 10th)
morning at a former brewery site at One Big Bay Point Road in Barrie.
Specialized OPP teams of officers from the Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU),
Emergency Response Teams (ERT), Drug Enforcement Officers and K-9 Teams, along
with the Barrie Police Emergency Response Unit, arrested nine individuals and
secured the building late that evening. A second search warrant was executed
at 4921 Hwy 11 North, Oro-Medonte Township just north of Barrie. Officers
seized approximately 3,000 more marihuana plants at a complex within this
commercial site.
Both locations were being run as factories that operated on a 24 hour a
day basis. Areas had been set aside for living accommodations for up to 50
individuals at one time. These areas had been set up to accommodate the
individuals looking after the marihuana plants and included common areas,
beds, televisions, fridges and stoves similar to a dormitory-type facility.
Over a thousand hydroponic lights were being used to provide artificial light
for the plants and this operation would be capable of producing up to three or
four crops per year, generating 100's of millions of dollars for the criminals
responsible for this operation.
"The Big Bay Point location is the largest and most sophisticated grow
operation in Canada using more than 60,000 square feet of space," said Deputy
Commissioner Vaughn Collins of the OPP Investigation and Organized Crime
Command. "Commercial marihuana factories have reached epidemic proportions in
Ontario, they are in every community and most are controlled by organized
crime.
"I am very pleased that we were able to shut down and dismantle what was
the largest indoor marihuana growing operation within Canada; the fact that it
resided in our community demonstrates the need for the public to be vigilant
for suspicious activities which may be evidence of illegal drug production."
said Chief Wayne Frechette of the Barrie Police Service.
Charged are:
1. Michael DiCicco, 60, of Hallmark Ave. Toronto, Ontario
Production of a Controlled Substance (Marihuana) 7(1) CDSA
Possession for the Purpose (Marihuana) 5(2) CDSA
2. Robert Bleich, 29, of 12th Concession Stayner, Ontario
Production of a Controlled Substance (Marihuana) 7(1) CDSA
Possession for the Purpose (Marihuana) 5(2) CDSA
3. Scott Walker, 34, of Woodrow St. No. 212A St. Catharines, Ontario
Production of a Controlled Substance (Marihuana) 7(1) CDSA
Possession for the Purpose (Marihuana) 5(2) CDSA
4. Zoran Stojanovic, 49, of Ogdale Ave. No. 116 St. Catharines, Ontario
Production of a Controlled Substance (Marihuana) 7(1) CDSA
Possession for the Purpose (Marihuana) 5(2) CDSA
5. Tomas Gates, 33, of Cameron St. Unit No. 108 Corunna, Ontario
Production of a Controlled Substance (Marihuana) 7(1) CDSA
Possession for the Purpose (Marihuana) 5(2) CDSA
6. Craig Walker, 24, of Drummond Rd. Niagara Falls, Ontario
Production of a Controlled Substance (Marihuana) 7(1) CDSA
Possession for the Purpose (Marihuana) 5(2) CDSA
7. Scott Dillon, 23, of Autumn Circle Toronto, Ontario
Production of a Controlled Substance (Marihuana) 7(1) CDSA
Possession for the Purpose (Marihuana) 5(2) CDSA
8. Rayne Sauve, 36, of Woodrow Ave. St. Catherines, Ontario
Production of a Controlled Substance (Marihuana) 7(1) CDSA
Possession for the Purpose (Marihuana) 5(2) CDSA
Possession of a Controlled Substance (Cocaine) 4(1) CDSA
Possession of a Controlled Substance (Ecstasy) 4(1) CDSA
9. Edward MacAdam, 43, of Mundare Cr. Niagara Falls, Ontario
Production of a Controlled Substance (Marihuana) 7(1) CDSA
Possession for the Purpose (Marihuana) 5(2) CDSA
Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marihuana Under 30g) 4(1) CDSA
All charged persons are being held for a bail hearing in Barrie court
scheduled for Tuesday Jan. 13, 2004.
Photos of the indoor marihuana grow are available at www.opp.ca; go to
the news releases section to view.
For more information on the indoor marihuana grow problem in Ontario, go
to the OPP Website and click on the Green Tide report. The investigation is
continuing.
Photographs can be seen by clicking on
http://files.newswire.ca/156/marihuanaseizure.doc
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| Silky Johnson |
| Puttin' Barrie on the map! |
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| infinity HiGH |
| Well now you Barrie people have something to be proud of other than fields and cows :) |
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| Mosaic |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
Well now you Barrie people have something to be proud of other than fields and cows :) |
actually, they are known for strip malls. |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mosaic
actually, they are known for strip malls. |
Acutally, wait until they convert the whole Molson Park area to that bigass outdoor strip mall extravaganza...
THEN you'll see ;) :toothless
Never mind the halogen bulbs in the back 40....go shop will be our motto... |
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| Skipper |
| <--- impressed, but sad |
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| Muff2K |
i always thought barrie was known for it's shrooms??
guess i was wrong
heard somethign interesting about this whole situation...
what do you think they will do with all the weed now?? are they just going to burn it all like they usually do? (if so, where)
but wouldnt you guys rather see the gov't use it to give to people who are very sick and use medicinal maijuana now??
burning it would just get all of manitoba high |
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| infinity HiGH |
did somebody say road trip to Manitoba?
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| Tordan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Muff2K
but wouldnt you guys rather see the gov't use it to give to people who are very sick and use medicinal maijuana now??
burning it would just get all of manitoba high |
I heard on the news that they will burn most of it after they're done "processing" the place. The rest will be buried. yeah right!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Those Barrie cops are gonna be high for a long time to come. :toothless :stongue: |
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| diesel0 |
| All that marijuana put to waste, god damnit! |
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| Kytracid |
*must not shed tears....it's only weed, only tonnes and tonnes of weed going up in smoke...* Too late, The floodgates have been opened !
Now if only i could find something to help me get through these troubled times...Anyone wanna take a trip to Barrie. I could sure use a beer...:tongue3 |
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