HAMILTON: A “large quantity of drugs” including cocaine and pot worth over $1 million was seized during a raid on the Mountain Wednesday, police say.
Officers started investigating two apartment units on Hempstead Drive after getting reports of “suspicious activity” in the area.
They got a search warrant, and once inside, found six men in the process of harvesting a marijuana grow op, police say.
Officers also seized a large amount of processed pot as well as evidence of cocaine trafficking, cash and ammunition.
The evidence seized is estimated to be worth over $1 million, police say.
Six men from the Hamilton and Stoney Creek areas raging in age from 29-years-old to 49-years-old were arrested and are facing drug trafficking charges.
Police have opposed their bail.
