Toronto police have shut down five pot shops in a coordinated
raid Oct. 19.
Police spokesman Gary Long says the
drug squad charged and released eight people under the new provincial cannabis
legislation.
It is only legal to buy marijuana
in Ontario from the province's online website and police Chief Mark Saunders
vowed to shut down illegal dispensaries after marijuana became legal on
Wednesday.
Ontario will be issuing licenses to operate dispensaries, but that system won't be in place until April 1, 2019.
