(ALNWICK HALDIMAND, ON) – On Tuesday September 28, 2021 members of the Peterborough/Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Units (CSCU) with the assistance of the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT) and the Canine Unit (K9) executed a Cannabis Act Warrant on County Rd 22, in Alnwick Haldimand Township.
Investigators seized the following items:
- 1511 cannabis plants
- 1229 pounds of cannabis bud
- 280 pounds of cannabis shake
As a result of the investigation police charged the following three individuals:
Philip NELSON (age 54) of Roseneath
- Possession of cannabis for the purpose of distribution – Cannabis Act 9(2)
- Cultivate illicit cannabis – Cannabis Act 12(4)(a)
Saiying HU (age 49) of Markham
- Possession of cannabis for the purpose of distribution – Cannabis Act 9(2)
- Cultivate illicit cannabis – Cannabis Act 12(4)(a)
Guohua WANG (age 51) of Unionville
- Possession of cannabis for the purpose of distribution – Cannabis Act 9(2)
- Cultivate illicit cannabis – Cannabis Act 12(4)(a)
The accused parties were charged and released and are scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on November 3rd, 2021, in the Town of Cobourg.
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