RCMP raid rural grow op

RCMP raided another west-coast linked marijuana growing operation hidden in rural Manitoba.

Mounties say officers executed a search warrant at a rural property in the RM of Fisher near Hodgson on Wednesday.

They found about 680 marijuana plants and 20 pounds of processed pot. All told, the haul is worth about $720,000. A photo released by the RCMP shows several potted marijuana plants on display outside a tarp-covered greenhouse.

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Three men were arrested, two of them from British Columbia: 40 year old Robert Sean Price and 40 year old Daniel Leo Labrash. One suspect, 29 year old Shawn Byron Steinthorson, is from the RM of Siglunes, Manitoba.

It’s just the latest in a series of Manitoba pot busts linked to BC. Earlier this month Mounties raided a large grow op in the RM of Ste Rose, finding almost $3 million worth of marijuana growing in six greenhouses. Police said such a large operation had the hallmarks of organized crime activity, and three BC men were arrested.

And RCMP and Brandon Police found 47 pounds of bagged marijuana during a raid August 3^rd. Police released few details about that raid but said it’s believed the drugs came from BC and may be linked to organized crime.