Two weeks ago police raided a suspected meth lab in Saanich, although as everyone knows by now, they barged into a quiet family residence housing no drug operation whatsoever. Police were working on a tip from a previously reliable informant that the Regina Avenue home was a drug house. The Cushing family probably has a very different view of cops now, as the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team forcefully entered their home with weapons drawn and dragged them in for further questioning. [continues 625 words]
The Saanich Police Department said a marijuana grow-op bust they performed March 7 followed regular protocol - even in light of the recent tragedy that saw an Alberta man take the life of four RCMP officers investigating a suspected grow-op site. Saanich police Const. John Price said officers carried out the warrant Monday using standard risk-assessment analysis. Officers with a search warrant went into a house in the 400 block of Holland Avenue, located in the Strawberry Vale area of Saanich. The three-bedroom house had been converted into a four-room grow-op with 12 lights. [continues 155 words]
Saanich police said a marijuana grow-op bust they performed Monday followed regular protocol even in light of last week's murder of four Alberta RCMP officers after they were called to a suspected grow-op. Const. John Price, the department's public information officer, said police carried out the bust Monday using standard risk-assessment analysis. Officers went into a house in the 400 block of Holland Avenue in the Strawberry Vale area with a search warrant. The three-bedroom house had been converted into a four-bedroom grow-op with 12 lights. [continues 144 words]
