Six arrested in large-scale marijuana grow raid in Abbotsford
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Abbotsford Police arrested five men and one woman in a large-scale marijuana grow-op bust involving seven properties in an industrial/commercial area of the city today.
Blocking off streets and warning nearby businesses, police executed seven warrants throughout the day in raids involving up to 30 uniformed officers that included the Abbotsford drug squad and members of the Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team (MIERT), said Const. Casey Vinet.
Properties bordered by Peardonville Road and Wheel Avenue were searched, and roads in the area were blocked for much of the afternoon.
Evidence of marijuana production has been uncovered at each of the locations and charges are expected.
Six suspects ranging in age from their mid 20s to mid 30s are in custody.
Two are known to police, said Vinet.
"The search warrants follow a one-month investigation into the activities of individuals believed to be connected to the large-scale marijuana trade," he said.
"At this point we have not made any direct links to organized crime, but given the scale of the operation we fully expect that it is."
Two units at 30970 Wheel Ave., four units at 30991 Peardonville Rd and one unit at 30590 Progressive Way were searched.
Vinet said it was a complex case and officers were still on scene in the late afternoon.
"The investigation is still under way. There are a number of searches that still to occur, but we fully expect more evidence will be uncovered in the coming hours."
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