April 27, 2024

Number of grow-ops diminishing

Surrey says the number of marijuana grow-ops in the city has gone down by eighty-two percent. All because of the Surrey Electrical Fire Safety Program, which started as a demonstration project in 2005, and was expanded in 2007. Mayor Dianne Watts says over a thousand grow-ops have been shut down. She says back in 2005, the situation was … [Read more...]

RCMP step up fight against grow-ops

The RCMP have announced a new national strategy to fight marijuana grow-ops, saying they pose a threat to the safety of Canadians, their communities, and law enforcement officers. Included in the plan is a new page on the RCMP's public website that will be a centralized database of residences where a marijuana grow-op or a cladestine drug lab … [Read more...]