Canada's Top 5 Multi Million Dollar Busts

Canada's Top 5 Multi Million Dollar Busts

Being from Canada is not always fun and easy going like many think. We have our fair share of crime here and drug problems are common among the residents here just like any other country. With that said I would like to share with all of you the 5 most recent multi million dollar drug busts we have had here in the past 2 years.

Bust 1:
Our first million dollar drug bust took place in an Auto Parts parking lot in the early morning hours of November 23, 2005 in the Toronto area. While police where searching for another vehicle they noticed two men talking at the back of a transport trailer and decided to check it out. As the police approached one of the men proceeded to close the trailer doors and lock them. After a short while of speaking to the two men in different cop cars the stories weren't matching and that's when police decided to search the transport. After a quick search with police dogs the officers came across 280 pounds of high grade marijuana worth over 1 million dollars on the street. Both men have been charged with possession with intent to deliver and conspiracy to posses with intent. Both charges have sentences up to fifteen years each.

Bust 2:
This second bust is a little larger and more organized. On Thursday morning November 23, 2006 at 10am Toronto police arrested 3 men in connection with a marijuana grow operation which spanned nearly 2 dozen apartments in a single Toronto high rise. One of the men was the Superintendent of the building. More then 6,000 marijuana plants where seized from 22 apartments, worth an estimated six million dollars. Another 15 kilograms of dried product was found worth nearly forty five thousand dollars. All 3 men face charges of conspiracy to commit an indictable offence and five counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.