Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 25, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free september As police smoke out huge pot crops ramp make big Dollar Rural City police Harvest record yield by Nancy Westaway for the free press its Harvest time for Farmers and for the for the second time in three Days a marijuana growing operation has been closed by the an estimated Worth of mar Ijuana plants were seized by ramp officers from a Field about 13 Kilometres Southeast of in the pm of earlier this ramp in Steinbach seized Worth of marijuana plants and equip and in the Thunder Bay drug unit seized More than Worth of marijuana from searches in Barwick and fort Francis four Days although most Manitoba grown mar Ijuana stays in the ramp spokesman Gerry Jennings said some of it May be grown for ten years ago it would be if at that marijuana would be grown and he its pretty speculative in not sure our investigators know where crops Are destined but its reasonable to expect that some of the marijuana grown is intended for Jennings said the most Likely Export destinations Are the states just South of the Canadian the number of ramp grow opera Tion seizures has increased each he adding there Are two factors to consider when looking at the higher number of in not sure if the amount of narcotics seized is completely indicative of a rising trend or the Community assisting police to detect he we Are frequently made aware of growth operations from the com Jennings said the Lute of the drug growing Trade is a its a economic he there Are tremendous profits and Little deterrent in the drug in police have set a record this year with 76 Gro operation busts that represent a Street value of close to police seized close to million Worth of marijuana from grow ing operations last compared to last year we have made four to five times As Many said Winnipeg police vice division Jeff most growing operations in Winnipeg Are said who added the closely monitored and controlled environment indoor growth allows leads to the cultivation of High Quality the marijuana grown in Winnipeg is on Par with the rest of the he International drug police attending school in City by Nancy Westaway for the free press fifteen investigators from around the world Are in Winnipeg this week to learn How Canadian police Are waging their War on it All part of an International crime fighting strategy that lets police offi cers from different countries Exchange information and attend workshops to improve their eighty per cent of the time our investigations take us to other coun said ramp Ron who is with the International affairs Section of the ramp drug enforce ment if we dont have co operation youre at a the started in familiarizes foreign officers with Canadian Law enforcement methods by provid ing instruction in drug identification and special investigation the ramp picks up the Tab for the two week program but Madden said the Cost is minimal compared to the were getting dividends from not a Day goes by where we dont have offi cers around the said who added their training Effort pro motes when we go to their country for help remember there Are 30 ramp officers stationed in 22 locations outside Madden who has worked in colom Hong Kong and said Canada tends to be on the receiving and then shipping end of the drug Busi Export is really Only a problem on the West coast with hydroponically grown he adding Canada is More of a transit country in the drug Trade with quantities from worldwide sources ending up Here for transport to the to curtail the drug ramp investigators Are sharing their tips and making connections with workshop participants who will attend one week of classroom instruction and a second week of observation of the practical applications of what they have Learned at ramp drug sections across Cana Philip a detective with the Royal Bahamas police said the program is it has been very informative and interesting to learn about the methods that Are being used in Canada to grow marijuana and the methods police use in the seizure of said the 14year Laws vary among Moxey but there Are Many crime fight ing tactics that Are useful to All offi cers fighting the War on regard less of although this is the first time the ramp has hosted the program in win they have held 13 previous gatherings in to the ramp have trained 290 Law enforcement officers in other representatives from countries including Costa Jamaica and Hungary Are in Winnipeg to attend the sessions this week based on a Selec Tion process by the Winnipeg police pay Hsc Security to watch patients staff the Winnipeg police service is paying Security guards at the health sciences Centre to Witch people brought to the Hospital on men Tal health Waff under the mental health a mental health patient must be accompanied until they Are admitted to Hospital and Given a psychiatric the for Yetf would pick them up and they have to sit in the emergency room and watch the sometimes it goes other times it 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