Police raided a grow op containing more than 3,600 plants on Wednesday and arrested a man who fled the scene into a B次元官网网址渟wampy area,B次元官网网址� according to an RCMP media release.

Staff Sgt. Troy Beauregard, operations commander for the Campbell River Mounties, said in the release that police were executing a warrant on Vigar Rd., in North Campbell River, when a B次元官网网址渓one maleB次元官网网址� tried to escape.

B次元官网网址淯pon execution of the warrant a lone male fled from the property through a fence line and into a thick brush area with brambles and blackberry bushes,B次元官网网址� said Beauregard in the release. B次元官网网址淥nce the male was waist deep in a swampy area he surrendered to police.B次元官网网址�

Police say the grow op was illegal and contained plants in B次元官网网址渧arying stages of growth.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚t is clear that the large illicit grow operation was commercial in scale and is believed to have been providing to the black market [marijuana] industry,B次元官网网址� the release said.

The suspect, who was later released from custody, is expected to appear in court B次元官网网址渁t a later date.B次元官网网址�

He may face charges including production of a controlled substance and possession for the purposes of trafficking, according to the release.

The release added that the investigation is ongoing.

david.koch@campbellrivermirror.com
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