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OPP Made 2246 Drug Busts In 2007
Pubdate: Tue, 13 May 2008
Source: Expositor, The (CN ON)
Copyright: 2008 The Brantford Expositor
Contact: http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1130
OPP MADE 2,246 DRUG BUSTS IN 2007
The Ontario Provincial Police drug section says it arrested 2,246
people across the province in 2007 for drug offences. The provincial
force also dismantled 551 indoor and outdoor marijuana grow
operations in which 6,000 kilograms of dried marijuana was seized.
More than 160,000 marijuana plants were destroyed.
The annual report from the OPP's drug section says the drugs it
seized were worth $244.2 million.
OPP commissioner Julian Fantino says marijuana grow ops are a major
source of revenue for organized crime.
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