Cultivation a Big Concern Across the Country

They're in bunkers, barns, old breweries, houses, apartments -- and Quonset huts.

Every day, law enforcement officials across Canada charge into marijuana grow operations and methamphetamine labs rife with booby-traps, toxic mould, dangerous chemicals, weapons -- and criminals willing to use them.

"They're literally everywhere . . . We just found one in sleepy hollow Prince Edward Island," said the RCMP Director General of Organized Crime, Chief Supt. Raf Souccar on Friday.

"This endangers children. In 25 per cent or so of the cases, we're finding children in grow ops or meth labs. We've tested teddy bears and found residue," said Souccar.

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