Peace officers in New Brunswick arrested two people and seized cannabis products from two dispensaries in the Moncton area on May 9.
In a press release on May 23, officials say a search warrant was executed at Queen-E Smoke and Vape Outlet at 1633 Mountain Rd. in Moncton and another at Queen-E Smoke and Vape Outlet at 540 Pinewood Rd. in Riverview.
A store employee at the Moncton store, a 24-year-old Moncton man, was arrested and will face charges under the federal Cannabis Act.
He was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court on July 29. Peace officers seized:
- 215 grams of dried cannabis
- five grams of hashish
- 44 various cannabis edibles
- four cannabis vapes
- 104 pre-rolled cannabis joints
- nine grams of cannabis resin
- 12 grams of shatter
- one ATM
- one money counter
- $2,524 in cash
An employee at the store in Riverview was also arrested by peace officers with the Department of Justice and Public Safety and will face charges under the federal Cannabis Act. She was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court on July 29.
Peace officers seized:
- 529 grams of dried cannabis
- 10 grams of hashish
- 152 various cannabis edibles
- seven cannabis vapes
- 185 pre-rolled cannabis joints
- four grams of cannabis resin
- six grams of shatter
- 308 flavoured nicotine vapes
- one ATM
- $2,497 in cash
New Brunswick recently passed legislation to give its peace officers more powers to enforce provincial cannabis rules. A representative with the province says there are more than 100 illegal cannabis stores operating there as of April 1.
