Pubdate: Mon, 12 Feb 2007
Source: National Post (Canada)
Copyright: 2007 Southam Inc.
Contact:  http://www.nationalpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/286
Author: CanWest News Service
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)

BRITISH COLUMBIA POT GROWERS SHARING THEIR EXPERTISE WORLDWIDE, POLICE SAY

British Columbia pot growers are sharing their billions of dollars' 
worth of skills with a worldwide audience, police say.

"We think they're exporting their expertise," said Superintendent 
Paul Nadeau, director of the RCMP's national drug branch.

"We've heard of it on an international scale." He said his 
law-enforcement counterparts in the United States, Australia and New 
Zealand all report busting grow-ops with links, either direct or 
indirect, to organized crime groups operating in B.C.

When Supt. Nadeau was asked who in B.C. is exporting their skills, 
his answer was simple: "Everybody." He said, "Everybody [organized 
crime groups] is into it [marijuana production] in B.C. There's alot 
of money to be made."
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