Pubdate: Thu, 03 Nov 2016 Source: Ottawa Sun (CN ON) Copyright: 2016 Canoe Limited Partnership Contact: http://www.ottawasun.com/letter-to-editor Website: http://www.ottawasun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/329 Author: Jacquie Miller Page: 11 COPS HELP CLOSE ILLEGAL POT SHOP One of Ottawa's 17 illegal pot shops has been forcibly closed. A bailiff arrived at the CannaGreen dispensary on Roydon Place Wednesday to enforce an eviction order. The shop had continued operating after an eviction notice was posted on the door Tuesday and the locks were changed. Ottawa police were on hand to help bailiff Doug Specht. A man inside the store was led out in handcuffs. Police said a man was arrested for trespassing, but no charges have been laid. The landlord had been trying to evict CannaGreen for weeks, after neighbouring businesses in the strip mall complained about the smell and the customers it attracted. The landlord said he had no idea the "medical dispensary" specified in the lease would be selling marijuana. The lease contains a clause prohibiting illegal activities. For three weeks the shop had been selling dried weed and cannabis-laced cookies, candy and pop through a crude window carved into the plywood that covers the front of the building, which was demolished after a truck drove through it. Police have sent letters to at least 13 landlords of marijuana dispensaries, warning them about the consequences of allowing illegal activities on their property. Police could take action under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and landlords could even have property seized, the letters said. - --- MAP posted-by: Matt