Four people have been arrested and various illegal drugs seized after officers served two unlicensed dispensaries in Greater Moncton.
On August 15, Justice and Public Safety officers, supported by the RCMP, carried out a search warrant at the L’Nuk Trading Post located on Moncton’s Main Street.
Items seized include:
- $45,878 in cash
- 5.5 kilograms of cannabis bud
- 1.5 kilograms of hashish
- 1,811 cannabis joints
- 470 packs of live resin and shatter
- 1,368 edible cannabis products
- 436 THC vape products
- 150 THC oil products
- 87 THC products
- seven psilocybin products (mushrooms)
- 36,020 contraband cigarettes
- 101 flavoured cigars
- 122 flavoured vape products
- 31 flavoured nicotine pouches
Two employees, a 49-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, were taken into custody and later released on an undertaking.
Charges have been brought against them under the Cannabis Control Act, the Tobacco Tax Act and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
On the same day, officers also executed a search warrant at the L’Nuk Trading Post on Coverdale Road in Riverview.
Seized items include:
- 23.3 kilograms of dry cannabis
- 3,397 cannabis joints
- 73,400 unstamped cigarettes
- $5,111.60 in cash
- 99 cannabis vapes
- 176 cannabis edibles
- 375 cannabis byproducts
- 15 flavoured nicotine pouches
- 155 flavoured cigars
- 187.6 grams of hashish
Two staff members were taken into custody: a 21-year-old woman and a 31-year-old woman. They were both released on an undertaking and are set to appear in court on November 4 to face charges under the Cannabis Act and the Tobacco Tax Act.
