Kootenay RCMP Are Warning Residents And Landlords To Keep An Eye Open For Pot Growing Operations Right Next Door A neighbor doesn't have a job, but seems to have all the latest toys and lots of company. According to Const. Kim Bloy of the Creston RCMP, that could be an indicator that there's a marijuana grow operation going on. "In most cases, we get our complaints from neighbours of unusual activities," Bloy said. "And we get calls from CrimeStoppers, for people who want to remain anonymous." [continues 659 words]
Author Drew Edwards takes the lid off the West Kootenay's infamous underground economy in his book West Coast Smoke: The inside story of the B.C. Pot Boom Respa Is Loquitor: Let the thing speak for itself. It's clearly fitting that author Drew Edwards would choose the prose of drug-fueled, gonzo journalism legend Hunter S. Thompson to open his first-ever book, considering its content. Entitled West Coast Smoke: The Inside Story of the B.C Pot Boom (Warwick Publishing, Inc) the 221-page read is an overview of the marijuana industry, based on actual events and characters Edwards has reported on and encountered as managing editor of the Nelson Daily News and West Kootenay Weekender for the past three-and-a-half years. [continues 1585 words]
