Large grow operation dismantled on Mabel Lake Road in Lumby
By Contributor
North Okanagan RCMP executed search warrants Tuesday (July10) in the 1300 block of Mabel Lake Road, finding more than 1950 plants in various stages of growth in a large shop.
Shortly after our officers arrived on the rural property they arrested a 40-year-old resident for theft of Telecommunications (Hydro) and Production of a Controlled substance.
Several pounds of dried bud and a large quantity of cash were also found. There was a hydro by-pass that was supplying some of the electricity. A diesel generator in a large shipping container buried underground was supplying the remainder of the power.
It took several officers most of the day to dismantle the operation and remove the generator from the shipping container.
The file is still being investigated the suspect arrested in this case was released later in the day on a promise to appear.
