Nearly 250 kilograms of marijuana products and $350,000 in cash were seized after several Canna Clinic dispensaries were raided throughout Toronto last week, according to police.
On June 22, Toronto police, the RCMP and Vancouver police executed search warrants between the two cities as part of an investigation dubbed “Project Lincoln.”
During the investigation, seven Canna Clinic locations in Toronto, six private residents in the Toronto area and six Canna Clinic locations in Vancouver were searched. At this time a total of 80 Canna Clinic employees were arrested, charged and then released on scene.
Six other people were charged in connection with the investigation – two Vancouver women and four people from Toronto – according to Const. Victor Kwong. All six are accused of involvement in the “ownership and operations” of the stores and were not part of the 80 people initially charged.
They were all scheduled to appear in court in Toronto on June 23.
Police said one vehicle, 178 kilograms of marijuana, 48 kilograms of edibles, 6.8 kilograms of marijuana extract known as “shatter,” and 19 kilograms of cannabis resin were seized while the search warrants were executed.
The raids began at around 10:30 a.m. as police raided locations at 1556 Queen Street West, 2887 Dundas Street West, 44 Kensington Avenue, 213 Ossington Avenue, 2353 Yonge Street and 527 Eglinton Avenue West.
