Six Arrested as RCMP Target BC Criminal Network in Cannabis Candy Crackdown

Six Arrested as RCMP Target BC Criminal Network in Cannabis Candy Crackdown
British Columbia RCMP say an organized crime group on Vancouver Island was making and distributing high-potency edibles made to look like brand-name treats. BC RCMP photo
Jennifer Cowan
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Federal investigators say they have dismantled an organized crime group on Vancouver Island and arrested six suspects after seizing more than 120,000 counterfeit cannabis-laced edibles resembling popular name-brand snack foods.
The discovery was made Oct. 3 when RCMP federal policing investigators in B.C. executed search warrants in Port Alberni at Green Coast Dispensary and a suspected stash site, as well as in Lantzville at Coastal Storm Dispensary and an adjacent storage and production facility, police said in a press release.