Controversial: Search warrant executed at Vanier pot shop, police say storefronts 100% illegal

Unrelated Fall '16 search warrant aftermath on Montreal Rd

Ottawa Police announced yesterday that on Dec 30 2016, a warrant issued under the Control Drug and Substance Act (CDSA) was executed at an illegal marijuana dispensary located at 274 Montreal Road. When police first arrived at the scene, one male and one female, both adults, were taken into custody peacefully. Click below for description of the charges laid, as well as the drugs and property seized.

The identities of the accused are being withheld by police due to an ongoing investigation, but have currently charged both adults with:

• Trafficking in a Schedule II substance 5(1) CDSA x 2
• Possession of a Schedule II substance for the Purpose of Trafficking 5(2) CDSA
• Possession of Proceeds of Crime 354(1)(a) Criminal Code
  

No quantities have been reported as of publication time of this post, only descriptions of seized goods and property, as follows:

• Marijuana
• THC concentrate “Shatter”
• THC candies
• THC gummies
• THC pills
• Undisclosed amount of Canadian Currency
• Drug packaging
• Scales
• Cellular telephones
  

Ottawa Police also stated that all storefront medical marijuana dispensaries are 100% illegal, and urge the public to report on these type of activities, however, no statute, legislation, or law supporting this statement was provided.

In Fall 2016, police executed over half a dozen search warrants at similar storefront operations across the entire City of Ottawa, complete with reports on charges laid and seized goods, however most of the businesses which were emptied out from the search early that week, were fully operational by the same time the following week, causing confusion among citizens as well as people who need access to the medication which has become a popular alternative to highly addictive narcotics like Fentanyl, which has the entire province of Ontario in an epidemic of overdose deaths.