Ontario police seize $1 million in cannabis from an illegal pot shop

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In Ontario, only the Ontario Cannabis Store is currently allowed to sell cannabis products online. The men aged 35 and 45 were subsequently charged under the Cannabis Act with illegally possessing cannabis for the purpose of selling. A raid on the related residence at 11:30 a.m. the same day ended with police finding $301,840 in cannabis and cannabis edibles, and $2,225 in currency. A search of the home revealed $5,770 worth of cannabis products, $21,870 in Canadian currency and $178 in U.S. currency, all of which was seized. The raid of Pot of Gold Medicinals and Edibles in Sarnia, Ont. earlier this month ended with the seizure of more than $1 million in cannabis and charges under the Cannabis Act.

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The raid of Pot of Gold Medicinals and Edibles in Sarnia, Ont. earlier this month ended with the seizure of more than $1 million in cannabis and charges under the Cannabis Act.

While executing a warrant at about 9 a.m. on Dec. 8 — the result of one of several investigations by the Ontario Provincial Police, with help from the Sarnia Police Service — police found approximately $1,043,110 in various forms of cannabis, including bud, oils and edibles, and $2,965 in cash.

Two men involved in the operation and on scene at the time of the raid were arrested, notes...

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