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Immigrant Workers Found Innocent In Pot Farm Bust
By Hempology | November 1, 2007
Dean Pritchard
Five Asian immigrants arrested after they were found working on a massive rural dope farm did not know they were breaking the law, a judge has ruled. The five accused were among 28 Asian immigrants arrested in October 2005 after RCMP seized nearly $20 million worth of weed from a farm near Sundown, a small southeastern Manitoba community near the Canada-U.S. border. The accused — all free on bail — were charged with production of marijuana and possession for the purpose of trafficking.“I am satisfied that all five accused were ignorant that the plant that they were harvesting was marijuana or some prohibited substance and as a consequence did not have the requisite knowledge for either offence,” ruled Justice Deborah McCawley in a 20 page written decision.
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