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The City of Vancouver is taking defiant pot shops to court, and the owners are not very happy about it.

Injunctions were filed Tuesday against 17 of 55 marijuana dispensaries that ignored orders to shut down by the end of May. While all pot shops are illegal, city councillors directed staff to regulate the local industry last year after scores of shops sprung up around Vancouver.

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The legal move, which would compel the 17 shops to close, comes after city inspectors issued more than $61,000 in violation tickets to businesses that did not meet the city’s regulatory requirements and refused to cease operation.

Coun. Kerry Jang said another round of injunctions are coming next week for the other shops defying civic rules.

“We gave fair warning to all the pot shops that weren’t in compliance. We issued a lot of tickets to them on a daily basis. They refused to pay them, so this is the next step,” Jang said.