Worker at pot dispensary charged with trafficking as police investigate robbery

Halifax Regional Police later confirmed they executed a search warrant during the initial investigation, then returned Tuesday evening to execute a Controlled Drugs and Substance Act search warrant.

“Instead of investigating the real crime … what they do is just the easiest,” Morgan said. “The patients are really the ones who are getting hurt.”

Police Supt. Jim Perrin said police must respond if the law is being broken.

“To sell cannabis in Canada is illegal, and it will continue to be illegal,” he said.

“So if we have case to go into a dispensary and we come across a crime being committed, we’ll investigate it … That’s one of the challenges and frustrations that police have seen over the last two years now, with these dispensary clinics, they are definitely steadfast to keep opening.”

It was the second time Scotia Green has been robbed, Morgan said. The first time was at another location in New Glasgow.

Cannabis dispensaries are sometimes targeted by thieves because employees are less likely to call the police, Morgan said.

Between the latest robbery and the police seizure of products, Scotia Green Dispensary has lost $30,000 in cash and cannabis, he said.

“We have nothing left,” Morgan said.

Despite the setback, the store reopened Wednesday. However, the variety of cannabis that customers use to treat medical conditions was limited.

The Canadian Press

Note to readers: This is a corrected story. Based on information from the police, an earlier version incorrectly stated only one warrant was used.

by Canadian Press

Worker at pot dispensary charged with trafficking as police investigate robbery

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