Two non-Six Nations people have been arrested and a multi-million-dollar illegal tobacco plant has been shut down after Six Nations Police (SNP) raided a “non-Indigenous criminal organization” operating in a Seneca Road warehouse. The largely concealed warehouse, located in a secluded bush area clearcut along Seneca Road, was shut down Thursday, June 11 and massive amounts of tobacco product was still being tabulated and confiscated Monday (June 15). SNP shut down the operation calling it the result of an “extensive” investigation. Police Chief Darren Montour stressed the plant was being operated by “non-Six Nations” people. “[It] involves non-Indigenous criminal organizations exploiting Indigenous rights and lands,” a SNP media release said. “The illicit profits generated from these operations have not been invested back into, or benefited the community.” SNP asked the…
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