By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Daily Gleaner RCMP say a Sunday raid on a cannabis distribution centre and a home in Madawaska First Nation in northwestern New Brunswick was part of a larger strike at organized crime. In the early morning, the Mounties swooped in with multiple vehicles on Madawaska Warehouse in an unassuming smaller building at 1815 rue Principale in the main part of the reserve near the City of Edmundston’s core. Simultaneously, authorities executed search warrants at four other locations. One was in Hamilton, the city in southwestern Ontario, and the other three were in Nova Scotia. Two were in Sackville, N.S., just north of Halifax, and another was in Maitland, a seaside settlement 17 kilometres west of Truro. Police offered little detail on how…
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