Fake marijuana-infused candies were seized in 2 dispensaries on the island: RCMP

Federal RCMP also searched the suspected storage area at the Port Alberni manufacturing facility in Lantzville.

Federal RCMP investigators say officers busted an organized crime group by seizing thousands of counterfeit marijuana-laced candies from dispensaries in Port Alberni and Lantzville.

Pacific Territory RCMP Federal Policing investigators searched two dispensaries on Vancouver Island on Oct. 3: Green Coast Dispensary in Port Alberni and Coastal Storm Dispensary in Lantzville, the federal RCMP said Tuesday, Oct. 29. Police also searched a suspicious storage area in the Port of Alberni and a storage and manufacturing facility near the dispensary in Lantzville.

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