Border Integrity - Seizure of more than 3,000 Marjuana Plants

The border integrity unit of the RCMP got a search warrant for a residence in the kootenay region. Kootenay regional RCMP worked closely with the border integrity unit to execute the search warrant. After searching the house, 3,000 Marjuana plants were seized and 4 suspects were arrested.
This is a huge seizure and the result of it is greater. This property had no intent of growing the plants for peronal use. Instead, the marjuana would be sold in kootenay and/or sent somewhere else to be sold. The following statement from Sgt.Dennis Blanch explains this:

 When you have 3000 marihuana plants at one location the plants were not being grown for personal use. Grow-ops of this nature are strictly designed for profits and further distribution, says Sgt Dennis Blanch, NCO i/c Nelson Border Integrity Program.

There is no good reason or excuse to have that many plants. The overall result of a grow op can create an increase in criminal activity around the property and area, higher risk of home fires, explosions and other dangerous things that pose a threat and danger to the general public. Sgt.Dennis Blanch also explains this in the following statement:

Marihuana grow operations harm communities. Wherever they exist, there’s the potential for an increase in criminal activity and a greater chance of fire, explosions and violence on top of additional economic costs and other health and safety risks, says Sgt. Blanch.

The Border Integrity Unit is a great example of an RCMP unit that works closely with other RCMP detachments, municipal police forces and provincial police forces. This Federal unit deals with federal border crimes all over canada. It is like the FBI in the states that has federal jurisdiction. These units are a great way of targeting federal crimes. Municipal and Provincial police forces let Border Integrity of possible grow ops and deal with them accordingly. How is a federal unit supposed to know exactly where grow ops are? The regular police force that police and know the area do instead.

Overall, this is a great unit and execution.