$80M cannabis bust results in $50K fine against Leamington company

A company has been fined $50,000 after a drug bust in Leamington. CTV Windsor’s Michelle Maluske has the details.

An $80-million cannabis bust has resulted in a $50,000 fine against a Leamington company.

Through a lawyer Friday, 2732304 Ontario Ltd. pleaded guilty to a single charge of unlawfully cultivating cannabis.

Court learned, on Nov. 18, 2020, 89,613 live cannabis plants and 5,353 pounds of dried product was seized from a greenhouse on Mersea Road 3.

It was valued at $80 million by the OPP and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada.

At the time, the Leamington company only had a Health Canada licence for 1,632 cannabis plants, according to the Federal Prosecutor.

During a virtual court hearing Friday and with the assistance of a Mandarin interpreter, 19 other charges were dropped against four people, including the company’s’ President and sole Director.

The numbered company agreed to pay a $50,000 fine within 14 days.

Media relations for the PPSC said they were “not in a position to comment on the specifics of this case”, when asked how the fine was chosen as a penalty.

They also couldn’t say if the company remains in business.