Police across Canada raided marijuana shops belonging to the so-called Prince of Pot, Marc Emery, after he and his wife were arrested at Pearson International Airport Wednesday night on their way to a pot festival in Europe. Vancouver police confirmed that they raided the Emerys' Cannabis Culture location on West Hastings at 8 a.m. local time at the request of Toronto police. Vancouver police are seen outside the Cannabis Culture location in downtown Vancouver on Thursday, March 9, 2017. The Ottawa location of Cannabis Culture was also raided Thursday, but Toronto police told CBC Ottawa that the raid was not part of Project Gator. #BREAKING @461ChurchStreet is being Raided by Toronto Police pic.twitter.com/03ebE6ieh3 — @CannabisCultureEmery and his wife run about a dozen marijuana shops in Canada under the Cannabis Culture banner.

Source: CBC News March 09, 2017 15:19 UTC