Canada: Winnipeg police arrest owner and patient at medical marijuana dispensary

Glenn Price, the owner of a medical marijuana dispensary on Main Street, has been arrested, along with his wife and a patient who was using the dispensary.

"[We were] sweeping, turning lights on, and all of a sudden we were bombarded with SWAT and cops," said Chantelle Barkley, an employee at the shop. "I got asked if I worked there, then I got told to sit down."

William Bell, the caretaker for the business, was cleaning a bong when police came in. 

Glenn Price the owner of a Main Street medical marijuana dispensary was arrested Monday morning. (Holly Caruk/CBC)

He said as Price was ushered to the back room and arrested he asked Bell to get in touch with the media.

 

Officers told Bell if he returned he could get in trouble, but they didn't say for what.

At the time Price was arrested, three patients and two staff members, including Bell, were...

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