BC Civil Forfeiture Law to Be Put to Charter Test After Police Raid of Drug Labs

Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Jan. 9, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

In July 2019, Vancouver police announced they had dismantled a multimillion-dollar drug operation after raiding two warehouse laboratories in South Vancouver allegedly making illegal cannabis extracts.

Department spokesman Sgt. Steve Addison said at the time the labs were “large and sophisticated,” posing “a significant risk to the public.”