Pubdate: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 Source: Nanaimo News Bulletin (CN BC) Copyright: 2009, BC Newspaper Group Contact: http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/948 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) RCMP 'GREEN TEAM' CRACKS DOWN ON GROW OPS The Nanaimo RCMP's Green Team has been a growing success lately. Over a six-week period beginning in late January, the team participated in nine search warrants - searching nine homes and seizing marijuana 2,917 plants in various stages of growth. Police also located 101 lights, $17,600 in Canadian currency and three kilograms of dried marijuana. During the searches, 34 weapons were located, including handguns and long guns, a cross bow and stun taser. Five adult males and four adult females, all residents of Nanaimo, were arrested without incident and 13 charges of cultivation or possession for the purpose of trafficking under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act were laid. Nine criminal code charges were also laid and those include weapons offences, possession of stolen property and theft of hydro. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom