An injunction has been served upon the Ontario Provincial Police and Tyendinaga Police Service seeking to block police raids and seizures of marijuana operations on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.

The legal challenge comes after a series of raids, arrests and seizures of large quantities of marijuana in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory last week.

A party known as Kanyen’ke:haka Nation served the Napanee OPP office September 26 with a interlocutory injunction, a legal document seeking a hearing with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

The legal document challenges the authority of Ontario Provincial Police, Tyendinaga Police Service and Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team on the grounds that the territory and its residents are protected under federal Indigenous statutes.

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