CN BC: Valley RCMP Pitching In On Pot Crackdown

8/31/2010

VALLEY RCMP PITCHING IN ON POT CRACKDOWN

The Comox Valley RCMP is currently involved in an annual marijuana eradication program, along with the Victoria Police Department and Saanich Police.

The Canadian Forces is also lending hand by transporting the integrated police unit by helicopter to access remote grow-op sites.

Ground units will also be hunting for grow-op sites across the Island.

Although police routinely search for and eradicate grow-ops all year round, summer is a particularly busy time for police, as outdoor plants reach maturity. The size of the illegal operations varies, ranging from 200 plants to 900, although on Aug. 4, Comox Valley RCMP found and destroyed 1,032 plants in Fanny Bay.

"It's harvest season for Vancouver Island police," said Comox Valley RCMP spokeswoman Cst. Tammy Douglas.

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