Complaint To Cops Brings Pot Charges

8/30/2010

Police have recommended charges against the victim of a home invasion on the weekend.

Mounties rushed to a home in the 1900 block of Waring Road in Extension shortly before 10 a.m. Saturday when a caller reported a man yelling for help.

Const. Sue Philips, Nanaimo RCMP spokeswoman, said when police arrived the victim, 45, said he had been bear sprayed.

“He reported that two males broke into the house while he was sleeping and they assaulted him and that he had no idea who they were and that they fled on foot,” Philips said.

In their investigation, police discovered a small marijuana grow operation on the property.

Charges of production of a controlled substance were recommended against the man who was pepper sprayed and a woman, 44, who was also a resident of the property.

Two previous home invasions have been reported in Nanaimo this year.

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