Over $3 Million in Illicit Cannabis Proceeds Laundered Through Ontario Casinos: RCMP

Over $3 Million in Illicit Cannabis Proceeds Laundered Through Ontario Casinos: RCMP
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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An RCMP investigation found over $3 million of illegal cannabis proceeds was laundered through casinos in Ontario, and police have charged five individuals while seizing more than $24 million worth of cannabis.

Nearly 30,000 cannabis plants—which yield up to 18,781 pounds of dried cannabis—as well as an additional 7,926 pounds of dried cannabis were seized, which have a total value of more than $24 million, the Hamilton-Niagara RCMP said in a statement on July 5.