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Police raid illegal cannabis storefront in Lucasville, N.S. [Video]

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The RCMP has arrested two people after executing a search warrant at an illegal cannabis storefront in Lucasville, N.S.

Halifax Regional Police received a report of an aggravated assault just before 3 p.m. Sunday.

Officers contacted the RCMP after learning a 30-year-old Beaver Bank man had been assaulted by a man with a knife at an illegal cannabis storefront on Lucasville Road.

Police say the two men are known to one another and the victim suffered serious injuries.

Officers executed a search warrant at the store on Monday.

Police say they seized illegal cannabis, including edibles, pre-rolled joints, resin, shatter and vape products.

A 51-year-old man from Annapolis Royal and a 59-year-old woman from Chester were arrested at the scene.

They will be facing charges of:

  • possession for the purpose of distributing 
  • possession for the purpose of selling under the cannabis act

The man and the woman …

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