-from communities.canada.com-

Abbotsford police have released the following in regard to the large-scale police operation we reported below:

The Abbotsford Police Drug Squad has now completed a large-scale police operation in the Peardonville Rd. industrial area of Abbotsford.

Shortly after 8:30 a.m. this morning more than 30 uniformed officers, including members of the Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team (MIERT), began executing a series of search warrants in the Peardonville Rd. industrial area. In total, 7 warrants at 7 different locations were used to search for drugs. Locations searched include; two units at 30970 Wheel Avenue, four units at 30991 Peardonville Rd and one unit at 30590 Progressive Way.

Five men and one woman, ranging in ages between 26 and 35, have been taken into custody and officers are still on scene at each of the locations conducting searches. Some evidence of marijuana production has already been located at each of the locations and charges are expected. The search warrants follow a one month investigation into the activities of individuals believed to be connected to the large-scale marijuana trade.

“At this point we have not made any direct links to organized crime but given the scale of the operation we fully expect that it is,’ said Const. Casey Vinet

Traffic was affected in some areas as the operation unfolded.