Category: Drug Offences
Police marijuana case goes to pot
A police bid to sniff out a marijuana grow operation went up in smoke yesterday when a judge ruled a search warrant invalid. Justice Vaughan [...]
Accused gets cash back
A destitiute farmer whose only asset is a condemned shack can use cash that the Crown alleges are crime proceeds to pay for his defence, [...]
Not guilty of woodland pot
A Hay River man was found not guilty of a trafficking charge laid after eight kilograms of marijuana were seized in a wooded area of [...]
Man cleared in drug bust
A Mexican man charged in connection with the largest cocaine bust in Calgary’s history was found not guilty in Court of Queen’s Bench Friday. The [...]
Drug bust just scratches surface, police say
A record $12-million cocaine bust at Calgary International Airport has put only a minor dent in this affluent city’s continuing love affair with the addictive [...]
Case of mistaken identity?
A Mexican allegedly involved in Calgary’s largest cocaine-smuggling bust may not be who he claims to be. That’s what Crown prosecutor Dan Misutka hopes to [...]
Witness to talk via video linkup
A Mexican witness in a cocaine-smuggling case won’t have to worry about braving Canada’s cold winter, the Crown said yesterday. Prosecutor Dan Misutka said he [...]
Strange twist in smuggling trial
A cocaine-smuggling suspect is not the man he says he is, a prosecutor charged yesterday. And Crown lawyer Dan Misutka said he can prove the [...]
Prosecutors hope to link drug cases
A trial began Thursday for a Mexican man alleged to be involved in the smuggling of 60 kilograms of cocaine into Calgary, the largest such [...]
Customs officer details drug find
Newly issued passports and vague plans led customs officials to be suspicious of a Mexican couple arriving in Calgary, a court heard yesterday. And those [...]