Too Hot to Handle making Cannabis oil
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SUDBURY, ONTARIO ~~~~~ January 17, 2022 (LSNews) Kaitlyn Dunn, Corporate Communications Coordinator, Greater Sudbury Police Service, shortly after 4:30 p.m. on January 10, 2022, we received a call from City of Greater Fire Services as Firefighters were on the scene of a kitchen fire inside one of the units at the Richard Lake Motel.
During the initial investigation, Officers and Firefighters found evidence that the occupant was using a butane stove within the Motel room when an explosion took place blowing out the window of the room. The occupant was transported to hospital by City of Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
Officers found additional evidence that the occupant was attempting to make Cannabis oil at the time of the explosion.
The Motel suffered approximately $3,500 in damages as a result of the explosion.
Members of our Drug Enforcement Unit with assistance of the Ontario Fire Marshall's Office executed a Criminal Code Search Warrant on the room and recovered butane, an induction hot plate, as well as, 22 vials of hash oil with a street value of $708, 61.51g of hash with street value of $1,230 and 217.81g of Cannabis with a street value of $2,178. The total value of drugs seized was $4,116.00.
On January 12, 2022, the 51 year old man was arrested and charged with the following offences in relation to the incident:
- Arson - Disregard for Human Life.
- Alter the Chemical or Physical Properties of Cannabis by the use of an Organic Solvent.
- Possession for the Purpose of Distribution
He was released on an Undertaking with a Court date of March 23, 2022. His name cannot be released as the information has not yet been sworn to through the Court process.
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