Police say they’ve laid numerous charges after raiding four pot shops in Mississauga and Brampton, Ont.
Peel Regional Police say over several days last week, the force’s vice squad conducted search warrants and seized about six kilograms of marijuana that was ready for sale.
In this photo illustration, smoke from a cannabis oil vaporizer is seen as the driver is behind the wheel of a car in North Vancouver, B.C. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Canadian police have not seen a spike in cannabis-impaired driving one month since legalization, but there needs to be more awareness of laws around storing marijuana in vehicles and passengers smoking weed, law enforcement officials say. THE CANADIAN PRESS /Jonathan Hayward
FILE – In this Sept. 25, 2018, file photo, marijuana plants are shown growing in a massive tomato greenhouse being renovated to grow pot in Delta, British Columbia, that is operated by Pure Sunfarms, a joint venture between tomato grower Village Farms International, and a licensed medical marijuana producer, Emerald Health Therapeutics. China has become the latest Asian country to warn its citizens in Canada about marijuana after it was legalized for recreational use there. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
A crane is seen at a condo development under construction as condo and office towers fill the downtown skyline in Vancouver on March 30, 2018. Condominium boards should establish rules for marijuana growing and consumption before they are legalized to nip any problems in the bud, say lawyers who specialize in condominium law. Robert Noce, a partner with Miller Thomson LLP in Edmonton, said the most common problems are likely to be the smell of smoke and potential mould from growing plants. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Hundreds of people line up at a government cannabis store Wednesday, October 17, 2018 in Montreal as the legal sale of cannabis begins in Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Matthew Macdougall smokes a joint during a “Wake and Bake” legalized marijuana event in Toronto on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
A man smokes a marijuana joint during the annual 4/20 marijuana celebration on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, April 20, 2018. The illegal production and consumption of non-medical cannabis was worth about $3.3 billion in 2016, according to Statistics Canada’s most recent analysis of the underground economy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Brandon Bartelds smokes three joints at once while attending the 4-20 annual marijuana celebration, in Vancouver, B.C.-THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Workers produce medical marijuana at Canopy Growth Corporation’s Tweed facility in Smiths Falls, Ont., on February 12, 2018. The Trudeau government is moving to ensure the Senate doesn’t hold up its plans to legalize recreational marijuana in July. The government’s representative in the upper house, Sen. Peter Harder, wants second reading debate on Bill C-45 wrapped up by March 1, after which it would go to committee for detailed examination. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
In this April 12, 2018, photo, nugs of marijuana await packaging at the Hollingsworth Cannabis Company near Shelton, Wash. America’s marijuana supporters have a lot to celebrate on this 420 holiday: Thirty states have legalized some form of medical marijuana, according to a national advocacy group. Nine of those states and Washington, D.C., also have broad legalization where adults 21 and older can use pot for any reason. Michigan could become the 10th state with its ballot initiative this year. Yet cannabis remains illegal under federal law, and it still has many opponents. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
FILE – In this Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, James MacWilliams prunes a marijuana plant that he is growing indoors in Portland, Maine. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, privately signed the state’s marijuana bill into law, making the Vermont the first in the country to authorize the recreational use of the substance by an act of a state legislature. The law, which goes into effect July 1, allows adults to possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana, two mature and four immature plants. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
A general view of cannabis plants are shown in a grow room at Up Cannabis Inc., Newstrike Resources??? marijuana greenhouses, in Brantford, Ont. on Tuesday, January 16, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Police have charged 10 people under the Cannabis Control Act for unlawfully selling cannabis.
The suspects are scheduled to appear in court next month.
There is currently only one authorized cannabis store in Peel Region, which is on Main Street in Brampton.
Police are warning the public that any other storefronts selling cannabis are violating provincial and federal laws.