Large Surrey RCMP marijuana drug bust leads to confiscation of cannabis-infused potato chips
Mounties have arrested four people in a huge drug bust largely involving cannabis, including for the time — pot-infused potato chips.
The Surrey RCMP Drug Unit began an investigation in September and in December, got a search warrant to enter a home in the city, according to a RCMP press release. There they found an ounce of the drug MDMA, or ecstasy, a pound of psilocybin mushrooms, $5,000 cash as well as seemingly all forms of cannabis, none of which was properly licenced for sale.
Four men were initially arrested and later released pending further investigation. The men are known to police and one of the individuals has ties to the Lower Mainland gang conflict, according to the Surrey RCMP.
It is illegal for an unauthorized dealer to sell cannabis, it is also illegal to purchase cannabis from an unauthorized dealer, regardless if the purchase is in-store, online or in-person, said inspector Mike Hall, Surrey RCMP proactive enforcement officer, in the press release.
Parents should also be aware that cannabis can be inconspicuously consumed through an unassuming product like potato chips, he said. Illegal cannabis products are not regulated and therefore may contain harmful additives. The results of the search warrant show the full range of cannabis-infused products, including:
- Approximately 800 one-gram packets of cannabis shatter
- Approximately 300 grams of bulk cannabis shatter
- 10 lbs of bulk cannabis bud
- 3.5 lbs of packaged cannabis
- Approximately 1 lb of bulk cannabis butter
- 20 vials containing suspected THC distillate and a synthetic compound suspected to be W-18
- 345 THC vape pens
- 44 packages of THC gummies
- 3 packages of THC potato chips
For more information on cannabis sale and consumption laws, please visit the provincial website.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502, or Crime Stoppers, if they wish to remain anonymous, at 1-800-222-8477 or online.
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