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CHRISTINA LAKE, B.C.—Marijuana growers in the B.C. Interior are using a new kind of bear trap, but its not bears they’re trapping.
Police uncovered two separate outdoor marijuana crops of about 2,300 plants near Christina Lake, just a few kilometres from the Canada, U.S. border.
When officers arrived in the area two weeks ago ,they found 10 black bears wandering around the crops and then discovered the bears had been fed dog food.
RCMP Corp. Dan Moskaluk says it was obvious the bears were habituated to humans and were very docile around the officers, who nervously worked at seizing the marijuana.
Moskaluk says it appears the growers either liked having them around or were using the bears to protect their grow operations.
Two adults in their 40s and both from the Christina Lake area have been arrested and face charges of production and possession of a controlled substance.
