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DRUG BUST | RCMP FIND GROW-OP IN LORETTE HOME

 

St. Pierre-Jolys RCMP take down large-scale marihuana grow-op

 

 

 

 

RCMP busted a home in Lorette, just east of Winnipeg under a warrant for controlled drugs and substances.

Around 9:30pm September 7, 2016, members from the St. Pierre-Jolys RCMP detachment entered the home on Ferland Bay. Police had observed the property and believed that a large scale clandestine marihuana grow operation was inside the home.

Police seized two pounds of processed dried marihuana, 123 plants in various stages of growth and drug paraphernalia.

 

Lorette Grow-Op
Lorette grow operation (RCMP handout)

 

 

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Loretta grow operation (RCMP handout)

 

Dean Nault, 54, and Fawn Fontaine, 30, both residents of the home, were arrested and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marihuana), Production of a Controlled Substance and Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking under the CDSA for their alleged involvement

 

The home was deemed unsafe for habitation by the Office of the Fire Commissioner.

 

-News4 Staff-

 

 

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