Grow-Op located, charges laid
FROM/DE:Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau DATE: 21 May 2010
Marihuana and Switchblade Knife Seized in Chapleau Search Warrant
(Chapleau, ON) –The Ontario Provincial Police Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau Drug Enforcement Unit and the OPP Superior East Detachment executed a search warrant on a Chapleau residence on 20 May 2010 and charged one person with drug and weapons offences.
An indoor marihuana growing operation was located within the residence. Police seized 101 marihuana plants along with a switch blade knife, and a home made metal shank. The street value of the drugs seized is $ 101,000.
Charged is:
Shane VEINS, age 29 of Chapleau
Charged with:
- Production of Controlled Substance
- Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purposes of Trafficking
- Possession of a Prohibited Weapon
- Possession of Property Obtained by Crime
VEINS was released and will appear for court in Chapleau on 14 July 2010
