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Licensed pot grower arrested

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RCMP busted a 31-year-old licensed cannabis grower at a Shale Avenue business in Summerland on Friday evening. Google

SUMMERLAND – Police busted a licensed cannabis grower in Summerland and seized 492 marijuana plants late last week.

Summerland RCMP used a search warrant at a commercial business in the 9000 block of Shale Avenue on Friday evening to arrest a 31-year-old man who allegedly broke the conditions of his cannabis production license.

Summerland RCMP Const. Jeff Faulkner said charges are still pending and that matter is before the Crown. As for the plants the officers contacted Health Canada and will be asking for an emergency destruction request.

To contact a reporter for this story, to send photos or videos, email Shannon Quesnel at squesnel@infotelnews.ca, call 250-488-3065, tweet @shannonquesnel1 or @InfoNewsPentict

– This story was updated at 2:17 p.m., Oct. 22, 2013 to add details provided by the Summerland RCMP detachment.

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