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Operators of pot shops in Vancouver and Squamish have found themselves in the crosshairs of civil forfeiture proceedings by the B.C. government.

In claims filed this month in B.C. Supreme Court, the province’s Civil Forfeiture Office seeks to seize a pair of mortgaged properties in the Squamish and Pemberton areas valued at $1.93 million and more than $830,000 in cash seized at marijuana shops in Squamish and Vancouver.

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The civil forfeiture claims allege the marijuana shops are illegal as they are not licensed to distribute or sell marijuana or cannabis to any person or entity.

Named in the civil suits are Rejean Ronald Joseph Houle, the director and sole operating mind of Budzilla Cannabis Inc., for an alleged illegal pot shop in Vancouver; and Chad William Jackett and Tania Lynn Jackett, directors and operating minds of Grass Roots Medicinal Inc., for an alleged illegal pot shop in Squamish.