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

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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 a statement from the Sarnia police . The men aged 35 and 45 were subsequently charged under the Cannabis Act with illegally possessing cannabis for the purpose of selling. Two Canadians arrested as police seize $600,000 in cannabis products believed to be destined for the U.S. If you’ve got a weak stomach, don’t read about this woman making cannabis edibles surrounded by ‘substantial feces, dog urine’ Drug dealers are adapting to ‘the new normal’ through fake food-delivery services The raid was only one of two warrants issued locally as part of the investigation on illegal cannabis operations, the police statement notes. A second warrant was executed at about the same time on a residence in Corunna, Ont., where a 42-year-old female and three men, aged 38, 32 and 64, were arrested. Again, all four were charged with illegally possessing cannabis for the purpose of selling. 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. As part of a separate investigation the following day, a traffic stop was carried out shortly before 11 a.m. on a vehicle driven by one suspect in the OPP’s…