Biggest Bust in Canada...ever

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

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Getting rid of unwanted weed

Toxicologist suggests incineration is best route

 

 

CURTIS RUSH

STAFF REPORTER THESTAR.COM

 

Now that police have broken up the biggest pot growing operation in Canadian history, they face a second problem: how to dispose of 30,000 marijuana plants.

"Something this large, there is no normal practice," said Barrie Police Sergeant George Cabral. "That may present some difficulty in itself."

 

The plants will either be burned or buried. But there's so much stock, the police aren't exactly sure how they should proceed with the process.

 

And since the plants are in various stages of growth, many of them still in potting soil, police won't know exactly how much volume they're dealing with for several days.

 

"We're not talking pounds and pounds," Cabral said. "We're talking tons and tons."

 

Authorities are considering the dilemma in the wake of a massive weekend bust. Police uncovered a sprawling marijuana grow operation hidden in plain sight in the former Molson brewery on Highway 400 near Barrie. The site held eating and sleeping quarters for up to 50 men, police said, and was capable of generating hundreds of millions of dollars. Nine men face charges in connection with the bust.

 

More charges are expected as the investigation continues.

 

Right now, police aren't even sure who will make the final decision on what's to be done with the piles of pot.

 

"We'll just have to wait to see what's going to be done," said Cabral. "They will have to be destroyed."

 

Keith Solomon, director of the Centre for Toxicology at the University of Guelph, has some suggestions.

 

"The easiest thing would be to have it incinerated," Solomon said.

 

Police are also considering shredding the plants, mixing it with other garbage and burying it.

 

"If it were buried, they have to make sure it's deep enough so that it wouldn't germinate," Solomon said. "If it's mixed with other garbage, it would be a lot of work to dig it up, but some people … might attempt to do that. So I suspect they'll incinerate it and won't tell anybody where they're doing it."

 

Police have confirmed that whatever happens to the plants will happen at a secret location.

 

But even if certain enthusiasts are able to attend an outdoor bonfire, they aren't likely to get much for their trouble, according to Solomon.

 

"The joke would be that people should stand downwind," Solomon said. "But the concentrations wouldn't be effective. All you'd get is a lung full of smoke, but it would be diluted because it mixes with the air and wouldn't be effective."

 

For now, police are busy getting a handle on the enormous size of their bust and cataloguing the evidence.

 

"They're in doing photographs and video and cataloguing the various pieces," said OPP superintendent Bill Crate. Samples are being taken in order to forensically determine that the plants are marijuana. Those few samples will then be presented as evidence.

 

"We're not going to take 30,000 plants into court with us," Crate said.

[MrRant 0]

Well there goes Canada's 2004 GNP.

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*cries*

[Guest El Satanico]

:sheds a tear and pours a beer on the sidewalk:

[HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0]

For now, police are busy getting a handle on the enormous size of their bust and cataloguing the evidence.

.......

[NoCalMike 0]

Can you say Woodstock 2004.......

 

What a waste. I will go and cry now.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

The joke would be that people should stand downwind," Solomon said. "But the concentrations wouldn't be effective. All you'd get is a lung full of smoke, but it would be diluted because it mixes with the air and wouldn't be effective."

 

Yeah, whatever you say, buddy. 30,000 plants, I'll guesstimate an average of 4-5 oz of viable bud on each plant, since he said different stages of growth, and you're looking at 120,000 oz of pot. One standard joint is usually about..a gram or two. This is going to be like 2 MILLION (give or take) joints being burned, with all of the other stems and roots and whatnot. You'd have to stand relatively close, but it'd get you FUCKED.

[Slayer 0]

Another wonderful bit of irony for the 'Nucks would be if legalization finally goes through shortly after the crop destruction

[Guest Fook]

There goes Chretien's retirement stash.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

Damn, they found CWM's stash.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

BC Bud > Molson bud.

[Red Baron 0]

um, I think I might have to call my "friends" about this.

[dubq 0]

Another wonderful bit of irony for the 'Nucks would be if legalization finally goes through shortly after the crop destruction

It's not legalization that's the gov't is trying to push. It's decriminalization. Meaning, you'd only get a fine [not jail time/criminal record] if you were found with a small amount - like a parking ticket. ;p Posession of large amounts, trafficking, smoking, etc, would still all be illegal.

[CanadianChris 0]

The funny thing about this was that the cops never would've found it, except one was just driving by, happened to glance at the brewery and SAW THE PLANTS IN THE WINDOW.

 

Certainly an early entrant for the "2004 dumbest criminals" list.

 

[Lightning Flik 0]

The funny thing about this was that the cops never would've found it, except one was just driving by, happened to glance at the brewery and SAW THE PLANTS IN THE WINDOW.

 

Certainly an early entrant for the "2004 dumbest criminals" list.

 

Entrant?

 

This is a sure fire Top 3 Canidate for the award.

 

Fuck, how stupid are criminals if they leave the evidence OUT IN THE FUCKING OPEN~?

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Explain to me how you would hide 30,000 pot plants.

[treble 0]

Close the blinds.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Well, that's a good start, anyway. Still pretty obvious, though.

[The Metal Maniac 0]

All you'd get is a lung full of smoke

 

Uh...isn't that the point in the first place?

 

My thing is this: A few months back, Canada got it's first bit of medicinal pot out there for people to use. It was dubbed by some as the worst pot they ever smoked, and some claimed they had to smoke so much of it to get high that they got sick, or something.

 

So now the Canadian government comes into possession of more pot then I can imagine...AND THEY WANT TO FUCKING DESTROY IT?

 

And considering that this whole mess was being run out of a brewery that was literally right off the highway, I think it's surprising it lasted this long.

[Guest FrigidSoul]

Something tells me Dames is going to be a little late getting to Conn.

[Guest El Satanico]

Sometimes hiding stuff in plain sight works best. That theory was working since it was only found due to dumb luck that a cop happened to be paying attention at just the right time.

 

But yes it would've been better to paint the windows over or something.

[Guest FrigidSoul]

But yes it would've been better to paint the windows over or something.

Or hang a sign that said "These aren't Marijuana Plants"

[Guest bort]

I heard that the mediacal pot was really good

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

The first run of medical pot was making people's conditions seem worse. Just sickening skunk shit. Probably to get them away from using pot medically or something.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Why get pot from a doctor when it's (probably)cheaper and (definitely) easier from a dealer? Especially if the quality is poor?

[The Metal Maniac 0]

Because if you get it from a doctor, it's legal.

[Guest dreamer420]

To quote Homer Simpson

 

 

"I could have smoked that pot"

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

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Getting rid of unwanted weed

Toxicologist suggests incineration is best route

 

 

CURTIS RUSH

STAFF REPORTER THESTAR.COM

 

Now that police have broken up the biggest pot growing operation in Canadian history, they face a second problem: how to dispose of 30,000 marijuana plants.

"Something this large, there is no normal practice," said Barrie Police Sergeant George Cabral. "That may present some difficulty in itself."

 

The plants will either be burned or buried. But there's so much stock, the police aren't exactly sure how they should proceed with the process.

 

And since the plants are in various stages of growth, many of them still in potting soil, police won't know exactly how much volume they're dealing with for several days.

 

"We're not talking pounds and pounds," Cabral said. "We're talking tons and tons."

 

Authorities are considering the dilemma in the wake of a massive weekend bust. Police uncovered a sprawling marijuana grow operation hidden in plain sight in the former Molson brewery on Highway 400 near Barrie. The site held eating and sleeping quarters for up to 50 men, police said, and was capable of generating hundreds of millions of dollars. Nine men face charges in connection with the bust.

 

More charges are expected as the investigation continues.

 

Right now, police aren't even sure who will make the final decision on what's to be done with the piles of pot.

 

"We'll just have to wait to see what's going to be done," said Cabral. "They will have to be destroyed."

 

Keith Solomon, director of the Centre for Toxicology at the University of Guelph, has some suggestions.

 

"The easiest thing would be to have it incinerated," Solomon said.

 

Police are also considering shredding the plants, mixing it with other garbage and burying it.

 

"If it were buried, they have to make sure it's deep enough so that it wouldn't germinate," Solomon said. "If it's mixed with other garbage, it would be a lot of work to dig it up, but some people … might attempt to do that. So I suspect they'll incinerate it and won't tell anybody where they're doing it."

 

Police have confirmed that whatever happens to the plants will happen at a secret location.

 

But even if certain enthusiasts are able to attend an outdoor bonfire, they aren't likely to get much for their trouble, according to Solomon.

 

"The joke would be that people should stand downwind," Solomon said. "But the concentrations wouldn't be effective. All you'd get is a lung full of smoke, but it would be diluted because it mixes with the air and wouldn't be effective."

 

For now, police are busy getting a handle on the enormous size of their bust and cataloguing the evidence.

 

"They're in doing photographs and video and cataloguing the various pieces," said OPP superintendent Bill Crate. Samples are being taken in order to forensically determine that the plants are marijuana. Those few samples will then be presented as evidence.

 

"We're not going to take 30,000 plants into court with us," Crate said.

*SNIFF* today is a sad day.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Because if you get it from a doctor, it's legal.

Now that's just screwy thinking right there. Why should it be legal one way but not another? It's the same end result.

[treble 0]

The government's not going to make any money off Joe Drugdealer selling it on some street corner, though.