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One -Two - Three - You're Busted

Friday, June 25, 2010 11:40 AM

Prince George, B.C.- Grow - ops took a beating yesterday in Prince George as RCMP, along with the Special Enforcement unit busted three operations.

At 10:30am, Police seized 900 plants and dried product ready for distribution from a home in the 30000 Block of Chief Lake Road. Police also discovered a hydro by pass in the residence.

A 40 year old male and a 35 year old female were arrested at the residence and police say the man was the owner of the property. The two have appeared in court and have been released to a further date. The street value of the pot is estimated at $450,000 to $650,000.

At 4:45pm, Police hit a residence in the 4100 block of Austin Rd west and found another grow op. In this bust 100 plants were seized. A 49 year old male and a 48 year old female were arrested. The value of the dope is estimated at $50,000 to $75,000 dollars. The two arrested are scheduled to appear in court at a later date.

The third bust came at 6:00pm. When police executed a search warrant at a home in the 3300 block of Emile Crescent. Here 800 marijuana plants were found along with 459 clones (starter plants) inside a van, nearby.

Two males age 22 and 33 from Vancouver were arrested in that incident. They face charges of production of marijuana and theft of hydro.

The value of the product is estimated at between $400,000 and $600,000. The clones were estimated to have a value of $225,000 to $350,000 dollars.

Police wish to thank the public for their help in these arrests.

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Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 11:40 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: sportsman on June 25 2010 11:45 AM

Well it's about time the RCMP are actually doing their jobs, I bet the price of pot just went up, supply and demand....

Posted by: Simon on June 25 2010 11:58 AM

Ill bet the price is the same. Theres probably still many, many, more grow ops out there.

Posted by: censored on June 25 2010 12:17 PM

Just think of the lost revenue........ with all the manpower used to make those busts there was prolly no officers left to write seatbelt tickets at 18th and Quinn!

Posted by: Loki on June 25 2010 1:07 PM

$6 billion a year crop value, in BC alone

Posted by: PGDriver on June 25 2010 2:21 PM

Sure hope they grab the real estate, proceeds of crime could sure help offset our taxes....

Posted by: Boudicca on June 25 2010 2:32 PM

i see that the RCMP are catching pot growers because they are stealing hydro or running loud genorators...this is good and all, but i find personaly I am more nervous about people high on crack and meth and those drugs that kill people, and think the police need to find a way to get the hard drugs off our streets too.

Posted by: Loki on June 25 2010 3:06 PM

Boudicca, your so funny. Suggesting that the RCMP do actual police investigations into harmful substances instead of the low hanging fruit of large grow ops for an indigenous ditch weed to the temperate areas of the globe.

I bet they could not find their own wang unless they got a tip from the public.

It is all accidental police "work" with this stuff.

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Posted by: IMO on June 25 2010 3:11 PM

I will be happy when they FINALLY announce that they have caught all the perverts who have attacked women in this time. These guys are still running around looking for the next target. I just hope the next one is lucky and LIVES!!!

Posted by: IMO on June 25 2010 3:12 PM

Sorry...should of read "attacked women in this TOWN". *MY BAD!

Posted by: zyblxteu on June 25 2010 4:12 PM

Hmmmmm 6 billion or more a year if that was all!Take that away from the gangs,they won,t be able to find there butts with both hands,may have to go find a real job!!
Do you not think it,s time to regulate this product?? I for one DO and TAX`the shit out of it,costs next to nuthin to grow.We could be debt free for ever!!way to cool.Cops can focus on the real criminals,crack dealers and meth heads.
I grow my own meds!!

Posted by: Eagleone on June 26 2010 1:17 PM

How can they claim 450 starter clones are worth between $225,000 and $350,000?

Ludicrous to make such a claim. The going rate for a healthy plant is $10 and not a $1000 a clone. Maybe one in ten clones will even make it to being a healthy plant. More like they nabbed $450 value in plants and not the $350,000 the police will justify their actions with. A plant has almost no street value until it is in bud and the smell that is associated with that. They could have a 1000 busts like this in PG and it wouldn't change the supply for the local market one bit.

It truly is a waste of police resources to allow them to play this game at the expense of real police work into the hard drugs that destroy lives and hard criminals that do real harm to the public.

Posted by: supertech on June 26 2010 8:08 PM

I friend of mine once said " the cops couldn't find a menstuating elephant in four feet of snow". Just a thot