A woman from Antigonish Co. charged as part of an eight-month investigation that led to 10 drug-related arrests and 69 charges has had all of her charges withdrawn.
Police say officers searched four homes and five marijuana storefronts in the province in Aug. 2017.
They say the suspects set up shop in various communities as a criminal network, and used their storefronts to commit crime and profit from that crime.
One of the raids was at the Tasty Budd’s location on the Post Rd. in Antigonish Co.
Gillian Sarah Sampson, 29, of Pomquet faced counts of trafficking, possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of property obtained by proceeds of crime; she entered not guilty pleas to all of her charges during an election-and-plea hearing in Feb. 2018.
Sampson, who was released from custody after her arrest, was committed to stand trial following a preliminary inquiry in Antigonish Provincial Court in March 2018.
She filed a constitutional challenge in her case; the Crown withdrew her charges in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Antigonish Tuesday.
Tasty Budd’s reps pleaded guilty to a trafficking charge, and were fined $50,000.
