The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams have seized 730 marijuana plants, worth just under $1M from an Airdrie grow op in mid-May.
Acting on a tip provided through Crime Stoppers, authorities attended a rural property west of Airdrie where members of ALERT and Airdrie RCMP discovered a grow op inside a Quonset.
The plants found in the operation are worth an estimated $912,500.
Authorities also seized a semi-automatic handgun as well as a cache of ammunition.
Clifford Clayton Favel, 38, was also arrested and charged with:
- Production of a controlled substance
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Possession of a firearm contrary to order
- Breach of probation (x 4)
Police say that there were two medicinal marijuana licences connected to the property, but neither one was valid.
For more information on how to spot a marijuana grow op, visit www.alert-ab.ca/growops.
