More than 7,000 illegal marijuana plants have been seized from an operation near Marcelin, according to RCMP.
An investigation by Blaine Lake RCMP and Saskatchewan RCMP Federal Serious and Organized Crime Unit, with assistance from the RCMP Emergency Response Team executed three Controlled Drugs and Substances Act led to execution of a warrant Friday of two locations in the Marcelin area and one in Saskatoon.
According to police, the two rural warrants follow an extensive investigation into a large-scale illegal marihuana grow-operation at a rural property south of Marcelin.
Three individuals were arrested at Marcelin and bank and phone records, a cellphone and a laptop were seized, police say.
A third warrant executed at a residence on Perehudoff Crescent in Saskatoon resulted in a search by RCMP Federal Serious and Organized Crime and Saskatoon Integrated Drug Enforcement Street Team.
At this point names have not been released nor charges described.
