Police bust marijuana grow operation on Big Tancook Island, Nova Scotia

Marijuana plants grow at the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle, Wash., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. (AP / Ted S. Warren)

A drug search in Nova Scotia’s south shore region has turned up a number of marijuana plants.

24 plants in various stages of growth were seized by police at a Big Tancook Island residence on Friday.

A 57-year-old man faces production of marijuana charges.

He is scheduled to appear in Bridgewater court in October.