After two major marijuana seizures over the weekend and a third in as many months, an officer's work at the West Hawk Lake weigh station has netted more than $7 million of the drug.

Falcon Beach RCMP Cst. Kevin Mantie, a former Ste Anne Police officer, was highly commended for the multi-million seizures during a press conference at the RCMP Division 'D' Headquarters in Winnipeg Monday afternoon.

"This amounts to some very good police work on Cst. Mantie's behalf," said Winnipeg RCMP drug section Staff-Sgt. Dave Roach, gesturing to a wall and table bulging with hockey bags filled will vacuum-packed marijuana.

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