North Okanagan

There have been two more marijuana seizures in the North Okanagan.

On September 7, officers of the Lumby/Cherryville RCMP attended a residence at 161 Lewis Road in Lavington following a brief investigation.

They seized 280 marijuana plants and other equipment from the basement of the home. The homeowner will not be charged because the person had a license to possess marijuana, but not grow it.

A few weeks later on Sept. 21, police also seized and destroyed 230 marijuana plants from an outdoor grow-op on Crown land near Grazer Lake.

An RCMP helicopter pilot flying overhead spotted the field, and since the plants were on Crown land, no search warrant was needed.

--by Ragnar Haagen