N.B. news: Seizures at unlicensed dispensaries [Video]

Cannabis, vapes, tobacco and psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms, were recently seized from two unlicensed New Brunswick dispensaries.

The Department of Justice and Public Safety says peace officers and RCMP officers executed a search warrant on Aug. 15 at the L’Nuk Trading Post on Main Street in Moncton.

Two employees, a 49-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, were arrested. They were later released on an undertaking.

They both face charges under the Cannabis Control Act, the Tobacco Tax Act, and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Items seized at the location include:

• $45,878 in cash
• 5.5 kilograms of cannabis bud
• 1.5 kilograms of hashish
• 1,811 cannabis joints
• 470 packs of live resin and shatter
• 1,368 edible cannabis products
• 436 THC vape products
• 150 THC oil products
• 87 THC products
• seven psilocybin products (mushrooms)
• 36,020 contraband cigarettes
• 101 flavoured cigars
• 122 flavoured vape products
• 31 flavoured nicotine pouches

Officers also executed a search warrant at the L’Nuk Trading Post on Coverdale Road in Riverview …