Gangland Files

Inside Canada’s Criminal Underworld

Cannabis

  • CSC Puts Collins Bay Contraband Seizure at $593,253 in Institutional Value

    CSC Puts Collins Bay Contraband Seizure at $593,253 in Institutional Value

    The Correctional Service of Canada says packages seized at Collins Bay Institution in Kingston between October 30 and November 4 included tobacco, marijuana, cannabis concentrate and an edged weapon, and puts their institutional value at $593,253. A service spokesperson told Kingstonist the seizures were a combination of suspected drone drops and exceptional searches within the…

  • Three Charged After $639,000 in Drugs Seized at Markham Clandestine Lab

    Three Charged After $639,000 in Drugs Seized at Markham Clandestine Lab

    York Regional Police say officers who went to a Markham home for a welfare check on October 23 found evidence of drug production in a lab setting, and three Markham residents are charged after about $639,000 in cannabis edibles, dried cannabis and psilocybin powder was seized.

  • Hamilton Police Say Third Cannabis Dispensary Shut in 30 Days; Man, 24, Charged

    Hamilton Police Say Third Cannabis Dispensary Shut in 30 Days; Man, 24, Charged

    Hamilton police say a 24-year-old Hamilton man was arrested inside My Legacy Cannabis at 1142 Barton Street East after an October 29 search warrant and charged with four offences, and that officers seized about 16.2 kilograms of cannabis flower, 14 kilograms of cannabis-infused gummies and a large sum of Canadian currency. Police released the details…