Two Winnipeggers were charged with handing out cannabis candies to trick-or-treaters, some as young as six-years-old.. Nerds Green .Sheldon Chochinov and Tammy Sigurdur are charged with 13 counts each of the distribution of cannabis to a minor and knowing the edible cannabis product had an illegal amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in it..READ MORE Two charged with handing out edible marijuana candies to Winnipeg trick-or-treaters.Under the Cannabis Act, the pair can face up to 14 years in jail for providing a cannabis product to minors..On Tuesday, Chochinov and Sigurdur appeared at provincial court..The Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) previously announced they arrested a 63-year-old man and 53-year-old woman after a search of a home on Coleraine Crescent, but did not release their names..The WPS receive over a dozen reports of Halloween candies given out in a south Tuxedo neighbourhood with cannabis in them.. Nerds with Candy Bars .No children were harmed by the candies and children from six to 16 years old received the candies..The candies looked like normal Nerds candy and were packaged in zipped sandwich bags with full-size chocolate bars, according to the WPS..READ MORE Edible marijuana candies seized in USA resembles Halloween candy handed out in Canada.The Nerds contained 600 milligrams of THC, which is above the 10 milligrams per package legal limit in Canada..THC is the psychoactive property of marijuana..At the time of the arrest, WPS spokesperson Const. Dani McKinnon said the testing for THC would take time and the Nerds candies were “exact replicas” except for the THC..On Wednesday, McKinnon said the WPS received no update on the Health Canada testing of the Nerds candies.
Two Winnipeggers were charged with handing out cannabis candies to trick-or-treaters, some as young as six-years-old.. Nerds Green .Sheldon Chochinov and Tammy Sigurdur are charged with 13 counts each of the distribution of cannabis to a minor and knowing the edible cannabis product had an illegal amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in it..READ MORE Two charged with handing out edible marijuana candies to Winnipeg trick-or-treaters.Under the Cannabis Act, the pair can face up to 14 years in jail for providing a cannabis product to minors..On Tuesday, Chochinov and Sigurdur appeared at provincial court..The Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) previously announced they arrested a 63-year-old man and 53-year-old woman after a search of a home on Coleraine Crescent, but did not release their names..The WPS receive over a dozen reports of Halloween candies given out in a south Tuxedo neighbourhood with cannabis in them.. Nerds with Candy Bars .No children were harmed by the candies and children from six to 16 years old received the candies..The candies looked like normal Nerds candy and were packaged in zipped sandwich bags with full-size chocolate bars, according to the WPS..READ MORE Edible marijuana candies seized in USA resembles Halloween candy handed out in Canada.The Nerds contained 600 milligrams of THC, which is above the 10 milligrams per package legal limit in Canada..THC is the psychoactive property of marijuana..At the time of the arrest, WPS spokesperson Const. Dani McKinnon said the testing for THC would take time and the Nerds candies were “exact replicas” except for the THC..On Wednesday, McKinnon said the WPS received no update on the Health Canada testing of the Nerds candies.
