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Most of the people arrested for drug trafficking while working at Ottawa’s illegal marijuana dispensaries have pleaded guilty and been spared criminal records by the courts.

Of the 46 so-called “budtenders” arrested during police raids and charged with trafficking, 30 have pleaded guilty and been given discharges, according to court records. A discharge is a finding of guilt, but no criminal conviction is registered.

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Of the others:

Five people have pleaded guilty and are scheduled to be sentenced this month and next.

Four people received suspended sentences, which means a criminal conviction is registered.

Two people had their charges stayed, including former Magna Terra dispensary worker Nina Vigile, who had been charged with trafficking and weapons offences after an illegal handgun was allegedly found in a safe in her bedroom at her family home. A judge ruled in November that Vigile’s Charter rights had been violated because the courts did not handle her case quickly enough.