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'Green Tide' Of Asian Grow-Ops Moving East
Pubdate: Fri, 16 Sep 2005
Source: Chronicle Herald (CN NS)
Copyright: 2005 The Halifax Herald Limited
Contact: http://www.herald.ns.ca/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/180
Author: Canadian Press
'GREEN TIDE' OF ASIAN GROW-OPS MOVING EAST
FREDERICTON (CP) - Police in New Brunswick say the seizure of more than
40,000 marijuana plants in the past few days is proof that Asian crime lords
are moving their operations east.
Raids in the rural New Brunswick communities of Adamsville, Fredericton
Junction and Millville this week have uncovered large marijuana grow
operations and resulted in the arrests of five people.
The raid in Adamsville, near Moncton, netted over 20,000 plants - one of the
largest outdoor grow-op seizures in Canadian history.
Add to that a recent Nova Scotia bust in Torbrook where 9,000 marijuana
plants were taken and RCMP officials say it adds up to a major geographical
shift for Asian organized crime.
"We call it the green tide," said RCMP Staff. Sgt. Bob Power at a
Fredericton news conference on Thursday.
"We've seen a proliferation of marijuana grow-ops move from West to East
over the past three to five years."
Power said the RCMP investigation of the New Brunswick grow-ops will involve
individuals in other Canadians cities as well as in Hong Kong and mainland
China.
"These organizations have links right back to Asian countries," he said.
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