OPP Seize Cannabis Worth $3.9 Million Outside of Peterborough

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op

Raids on illicit cannabis grows outside of Peterborough by the Ontario Provincial Police resulted in three arrests and seizure of approximately $3.9 million worth of cannabis and other property.

Officers executed search warrants at adjoining rural properties last Thursday in Cramahe Township, located near Colborne, kawarthaNOW reports.

Cramahe Township locals Faith Forget, 54, and Ronald Forget, 51, as well as Scarborough native Ken Hung Yap, 55, have been arrested and face charges of possession of cannabis, possession of cannabis for the purpose of distribution, cultivating more than four cannabis plants and cultivating at a place other than their own residence.

The raid marks the second time Ronald Forget has stood accused of cannabis-related offences this year. In late March, Forget was charged with possession of illicit cannabis, “altering or offering to alter the chemical or physical properties of cannabis by using an organic solvent, and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000,” GoNorthumberland reports.

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