The National Post reports in its Saturday, Nov. 23, edition that a Canadian Armed Forces member in British Columbia has been charged with allegedly operating an illegal marijuana-oil extraction lab, which police in other jurisdictions have linked to a number of dangerous home fires and explosions. The Post's Douglas Quan writes that the charges against Master Cpl. Joshua Alexander of the 407 Maritime Patrol Squadron in Comox, B.C., about 230 kilometres northeast of Victoria, come after military police executed a search warrant on the full-time military member's home in nearby Lazo in July, according to the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service. Once inside, military police found two grams of psilocin and psilocybin -- or magic mushrooms -- as well as nearly 1.5 kilograms of marijuana. They also found butane and propane canisters and other equipment typically associated with extracting cannabis oil. The house was then sealed and another search warrant was obtained and executed, which led to Cpl. Alexander being charged Friday with one count of altering the chemical or physical properties of cannabis using an organic solvent and one count of possession of a controlled substance.