Sentences with phrase «marijuana grow operations»

The RCMP say they have dismantled a criminal organization involved in setting up marijuana grow operations (MGOs) throughout Ontario and elsewhere in Canada.
«I immediately contacted the RCMP after concluding that one of my independent contractors had sold homes that were subsequently seized by police as marijuana grow operations,» says Weir.
A Richmond, B.C. real estate sales rep has been charged in connection with raids at two private residences that police say were marijuana grow operations.
The Clandestine Drug Operation Prevention Act, 2013, was introduced by MPP Lisa MacLeod (Nepean - Carleton) to establish a marijuana grow operations (MGOs) and clandestine drug laboratory registry.
Edmonton, AB — May 8, 2014 - The government's newly released «Grow - Op Free Alberta Recommendations» report, concerning proposed legislation to combat the ill effects of marijuana grow operations on Albertans, their homes and neighbourhoods, was met with applause by Alberta REALTORS ®, Alberta real estate boards and the Alberta Real Estate Association (AREA).
This email stated that they commend his recent article in reference to the RCMP's strategy to combat illegal marijuana grow operations and the related organized crime groups.
Ontario's Safer Communities — 1,000 Officers Partnership program will assign 500 officers to priority areas identified by the government in its fight against crime in Ontario, including 143 assigned duties to combat organized crime, especially marijuana grow operations.
«We have already seen this trend with indoor marijuana grow operations
The Ontario Provincial Police says there has been «an alarming increase» in marijuana grow operations in rural Ontario this year.
The Realtors also discussed the need for the creation of a marijuana grow operations registry.
OREA's position is that the creation of a registry would help protect consumers from the health risks posed by former marijuana grow operations.
Another suggestion would «mandate building inspections by qualified building inspectors trained in recognizing previously used marijuana grow operations» to make sure that properties previously used as a grow - op don't go undetected.
OREA is throwing its support behind a private member's bill that would establish a marijuana grow operations and clandestine drug laboratory registry.
Joyce said there was «no evidence before me that the financial institutions were aware of the large increase in the number of marijuana grow operations in homes in the Lower Mainland or that they ought to have been aware based on their actual experience as of 2002.
There is no evidence that financial institutions were commonly experiencing defaults or forfeitures due to the existence of marijuana grow operations on residential properties for which they had granted mortgage loans.»
The charges against John arose in connection with his role as a real estate agent for the purchasers of properties that were used for marijuana grow operations.
Home invasion cases have become more common, particularly in areas that have a higher percentage of marijuana grow operations, which often provide a tempting target for people looking for easy money.
Drug activity is increasing throughout our province and innocent children are being found in places where drugs are being sold or produced, such as methamphetamine labs and indoor marijuana grow operations.
When Horizon encountered data suggestive of marijuana grow operations, they would send it to the police.
Drug trafficking and Marijuana grow operations may attract mandatory sentences.
Mr. Tran, a permanent resident, was charged in 2011 with operating a marijuana grow operation.
Client charged with various drug offences in relation to a marijuana grow operation on a property client owned.
The difference between the DRA in Gomboc and the electricity records in Plant is that the former revealed electricity consumption patterns at a much higher level detail, such that stronger inferences could be drawn about the precise household activities giving rise to those consumption patterns (e.g., marijuana grow operation).
In 2010, police raided a rental property owned by Boussoulas and discovered a large marijuana grow operation inside.
Two of the other respondents named in the letter, Estrada Trucking and Capital Cash, as well as Moncher, are accused of offering promissory notes that are considered unlicensed securities for a California - licensed, unnamed marijuana growing operation.
Aunger said illegal marijuana growing operations in apartments, homes and commercial spaces are becoming a common challenge for Canadian police and for property owners who lease those spaces to tenants and could face property damage and legal risks from their tenant's growing activities.
Pauline Aunger, a Realtor ® in Ottawa, Canada and member of the Canadian Real Estate Association, said there are similar concerns about marijuana growing operations in their provinces.
* Marijuana grow operation registry — establishing a province - wide marijuana grow operation registry that will help Realtors better inform their clients on a property's history;
has been arrested for allegedly providing a front for organized crime in a marijuana growing operation.
The house on Fernforest Drive revealed sophisticated marijuana grow operation in the initial stages of set up.
Licensees are advised to read Legally Speaking column # 296 (available on www.realtorlink.ca), which discusses the question of licensees» duties if an illegal activity, such as a marijuana growing operation, is discovered on a listed property.
Common examples of material latent defects could include the fact that the basement leaks when it rains, structural damage to the property, failure of the building's envelope (water ingress), underground storage tanks located on the property, problems with the potability / quantity of drinking water and any un-remediated damage caused by the illegal use of the property, e.g. marijuana grow operation.
A new cannabis production facility near Edmonton could become one of the country's largest marijuana growing operations, the company behind the facility says.

Not exact matches

US authorities also believe Mexican cartels have set up grow operations in parts of the US, like Northern California or in Wisconsin, where a hunter found an allegedly Sinaloa cartel - run marijuana farm with 10,000 plants and armed guards in 2012.
In a dark twist, the longtime owner of Dell's Maraschino Cherries committed suicide after police reportedly uncovered a marijuana - growing operation hidden underneath the factory.
This spring, an investor closed on the warehouse for $ 30 per square foot, well below the going rate for the area, and started upgrading the power, water, and ventilation systems in a speculative bet that a new marijuana law would spark a wave of demand from growing operations.
Entrepreneurs noticing the great profits to be made in the marijuana market would start their own grow operations, increasing the supply of marijuana on the street, which would cause the street price of the drug to fall to a level much closer to the cost of production.
Easton argues that if marijuana was legalized, we could transfer these excess profits caused by the risk - premium from these grow operations to the government:
And once marijuana is rescheduled or descheduled nationwide, all the pharma companies growing «hemp» for CBD will already have marijuana farms in operation in terms of environment, feeding, harvest, processing, and distribution.
A man suspected of running a marijuana - growing operation in a house that exploded in the Bronx, killing a New York City fire chief, was charged with two counts of criminal possession of marijuana.
While there is an obvious difference between growing a few marijuana plants and running a meth operation, and a significantly elevated level of risk in the latter, the same general principles are likely to apply.
The AP has an interesting article about a little - known government operation under which the federal government grows marijuana, tests it, rolls it into cigarettes and mails these marijuana cigarettes (in tins of 300) out to a very select group of citizens.
You have investigated and seized between 100 to 150 marijuana - grow operations since 1998 that you have located «by smell.»
Michael Dyck has assisted clients with all sorts of drug related offences including simple possession of marijuana and cocaine, marijuana grow - operations, possession for the purpose of trafficking, trafficking, and he has even worked with some clients charged in large police investigations.
«My client faced federal charges involving one of the largest marijuana growing and distribution operations in the state.
In another example of the kinds of difficult questions that Family Law judges have to grapple with, a recent Ontario case involved a father of a child who wanted custody, despite having been arrested in a methamphetamine sting, and despite what the court called his «obvious pride» at being good at the «craft» of running a marijuana - growing operation in his basement.
While there is an obvious difference between growing a few marijuana plants and running a meth operation, and a significantly elevated level of risk in the latter, the same general principles are likely to apply.
I myself became a «caretaker» and learned all about the intricacies of growing high - grade marijuana, both in large production environments as well as small - scale growing operations.
For grow operations (marijuana grow houses) the problem of stigma is predominately related to mould.
Still, the home had never been used as a meth lab or marijuana grow - op; it only housed a small hash - oil operation.
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