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More than a dozen RCMP officers were trapped behind a barricade and traffic was rerouted on a major Cape Breton highway Thursday morning as community members protested a police raid on a Mi’kmaw cannabis shop.
Employees of the Sikku Shop on Highway 4 in Potlotek First Nation said RCMP arrived early in the morning before the shop opened and broke down the door.
They loaded a U-Haul trailer with cannabis products, shelves and drink coolers and then took off, leaving…