The president and former co-owner of the medicinal cannabis clinic La Croix verte are facing numerous criminal charges related to the sale of illicit cannabis. The Montreal establishment had been targeted by a search last December.
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Marie-Chantal Taillefer, president of Clinique la Croix Verte, and Mihail Sandev, former co-owner turned cannabis consultant, are charged with eight counts under the Cannabis Act, according to a summons filed last Friday. at the Montreal courthouse. They are due to appear on September 8.
The 50-year-old woman and 41-year-old man are among other charges of selling cannabis to minors, promoting cannabis, and possessing cannabis and cannabis paraphernalia. sale of illicit cannabis.
Clinique la Croix Verte also faces six separate charges under the same law.
Tolerated for years by the police, the business on Ontario Street did not hold a license from Health Canada. It presented itself as a medical cannabis clinic.