The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that Mounties entered two illegal dispensaries on Vancouver Island and seized all cannabis products in plain view -- but made no arrests. The Globe's Andrea Woo and Mike Hager write that the swift raids that were Canada's first apparent police crackdown against the illicit retail sector since recreational marijuana became legal Oct. 17. RCMP officers in Port Alberni, B.C., went to the city's six dispensaries without a warrant on legalization day on Wednesday, checking for compliance with the new provincial Cannabis Control and Licensing Act. The officers took cannabis products from the two stores that were open and selling these items without a provincial licence. Trevor Bertrand, owner of the Port Alberni Cannabis Club, said officers seized about $6,000 worth of prerolled joints, edibles and cannabis concentrates on display. They also fined him $575 for the unlawful sale of cannabis. Three hours later, officers raided the Leaf Compassion Cannabis Dispensary, where general manager Erik Vesaranta estimates they seized roughly the same amount of product and issued him the same violation ticket. "It didn't seem like legalization day for me at all," said Mr. Vesaranta.