The Vancouver Sun reports in its Monday edition that operators of pot shops in Vancouver and Squamish have found themselves in the crosshairs of civil forfeiture proceedings by the B.C. government. The Sun's Gordon Hoekstra writes that in claims filed in B.C. Supreme Court, the province's Civil Forfeiture Office seeks to seize a pair of mortgaged properties in the Squamish and Pemberton areas valued at $1.93-million and more than $830,000 in cash seized at marijuana shops in Squamish and Vancouver. Named in the civil suits are Rejean Ronald Joseph Houle, the director and sole operating mind of Budzilla Cannabis Inc., for an alleged illegal pot shop in Vancouver; and Chad William Jackett and Tania Lynn Jackett, directors and operating minds of Grass Roots Medicinal Inc., for an alleged illegal pot shop in Squamish. According to a claim filed on Dec. 11, Mr. Houle illegally operated a marijuana dispensary at 2267 Kingsway in Vancouver. The civil forfeiture claim cites alleged previous illegal activity by Mr. Houle, including the seizure by police of marijuana at Budzilla in 2014, the seizure of marijuana by police in a Mercedes driven by Mr. Houle in 2017, and the seizure of dangerous dogs at Budzilla in 2019.
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