HALIFAX—Halifax Regional Police have charged 10 people after conducting searches at two marijuana dispensaries.

In a release issued on Monday, police said they raided Doug’s Place in Fairview last Thursday and seized about three pounds of cannabis, several cannabis products and more than $900.

The next morning, police conducted a raid of the Atlantic Compassion Club Society in Dartmouth, where they seized more than five pounds of cannabis, 2,500 cannabis products and more than $7,000.

A 23-year-old Sackville man is facing three charges related to the raid at Doug’s Place. Police say the charges are obstructing police, possession with intent to sell cannabis and possession with intent to distribute cannabis.

In the other raid, relation to the other dispensary, a 51-year old woman, 22-year-old man and 31-year old man from Dartmouth, a 32-year-old man and a 21-year-old man from Cole Harbour, a 21-year-old woman and 32-year-old man from Halifax, a 26-year-old Lawrencetown man and a 39-year-old Dean woman have all been charged with possession for the purpose of distributing cannabis and possession for the purpose of selling cannabis.

All 10 people charged are scheduled to appear at Halifax provincial court at a later date to face the charges.

In an interview Monday, Halifax Regional Police spokesperson Const. John MacLeod said the raids are simply part of the police's mandate to investigate the trafficking and selling of controlled substances.

“Whether that be cannabis or narcotics or opioids or other drugs like cocaine, when that information is brought forward to us it's our job to investigate whether that criminal activity is taking place, and if it is to follow up with it,” said MacLeod.

“Anyone who is going to traffic in cannabis outside one of the legal vendors should expect fully to find themselves subject to an investigation."

The two raids come less than two weeks after RCMP in Halifax raided a cannabis store in Sackville — on 4-20 day no less. Two people from Halifax were charged.

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