Cannabis traffickers used cryptocurrency, 'barrels of honey or maple syrup' to cover tracks: Manitoba RCMP
A 39-year-old Manitoba man and half a dozen others were arrested this summer and fall in connection with drug trafficking and money laundering schemes that involved cryptocurrency — and smuggling cannabis concentrate in and out of the country using barrels of honey and maple syrup.
![Cannabis traffickers used cryptocurrency, 'barrels of honey or maple syrup' to cover tracks: Manitoba RCMP](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7049550.1701796588!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/cannabis-grow-op-project-decrypt-investigation.jpg)
![RCMP supplied this image of a cannabis grow op on Tuesday they say was part of Project Decrypt. A cannabis grow op is shown.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7049550.1701796588!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/cannabis-grow-op-project-decrypt-investigation.jpg)
A 39-year-old Manitoba man and half a dozen others were arrested this summer and fall in connection with drug trafficking and money laundering schemes that involved cryptocurrency — and smuggling cannabis concentrate in and out of the country using barrels of honey and maple syrup.