Theft of Power

Organized crime steals unbelievable amounts of power to run their marijuana growing farms in houses across our city. As the magnitude of grow ops has escalated over the past 10 years, it is not uncommon for police to remove well over 1000 plants in a single home.

Over the past five years alone, joint law enforcement teams have seized over $372 million worth of marijuana out of Calgary and area. 95% of the grow ops taken down were stealing power. This is a Criminal Code offence that raises questions as to where the responsibility lies when utility companies know power is being stolen and either fail to act or disguise it as general line loss.