B.C.’s new pot cops will not be raiding Vancouver’s illegal marijuana stores anytime soon.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Public Safety, the Community Safety Unit isn’t yet operational.
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The news may be a relief for the 20 or so illegal pot shops still operating in Vancouver, however, lawyer Kyla Lee said they should be worried about City of Vancouver plans to use a recent B.C. Supreme Court ruling against them. That ruling came after dozens of illegal pot shops claimed the city had no right to govern their operations.
“It looks like the city is going to be applying for injunctions to keep the shops from operating and they’ve threatened that they are going to be giving people jail time,” Lee said.
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