Medical marijuana grow-op shut down over trafficking allegations

By Melissa Gilligan Global News

Posted July 25, 2014 11:57 am

Updated July 25, 2014 8:38 pm

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CALGARY – Police have arrested two people who allegedly used a medical marijuana grow-op to help fuel a drug trafficking operation.

Officers dismantled a 107-plant medical marijuana grow-op in Silverado on July 21st.

They seized items consistent with drug trafficking, including a stolen handgun, a taser, over a dozen cell phones and packaging materials.

Police have charged 41-year-old Alan Stuart Macdonald and 30-year-old Courtney Dionne McConnell with 20 drug and weapons-related offences.

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