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Jordan Smith
According to Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Brian Cantera, there are likely 20,000 residential marijuana grow operations spread throughout the western province of British Columbia, reports the BBC.
And if that’s true, reporter Misha Glenny opines, then B.C. “is probably home to the largest concentration of organised criminal syndicates in the world.”
Really? Hmmmm….
That sounds a little grand, even for the BBC, don’t you think?
This article appears in July 18 • 2008.
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