Illegal Cannabis Plants Worth Over $143 Million Seized by Ontario Police Since July

Aerial view of one of the illegal cannabis farms the Ontario Provincial Police has seized between July 1 and Oct. 15. OPP Handout

Over 122,000 illegal cannabis plants worth over $143 million have been seized across Ontario since the beginning of July, provincial police say.

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) confirmed Tuesday that they have made 195 arrests in the “takedown of several criminal enterprises exploiting the Health Canada medical, personal, and designate cannabis production regime” across the province.