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First in Canada unexplained wealth order issued in B.C. against alleged pot growers

The court action targets three properties and $1.5 million in cash linked to illicit cannabis and undeclared income, marking the country's first use of an unexplained wealth order.

  • The B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday issued Canada’s first unexplained wealth order against Jianxin Huang and Xiao Zhen Jean Li, targeting three properties and nearly $1.5 million in cash.
  • Amid the investigation, banks flagged suspicious transaction reports to FINTRAC involving Xiao Zhen Jean Li and Jianxin Huang, linked to a double shooting and assets.
  • Records detail that Jianxin Huang paid $588,000 for a Victoria Drive home in 2005, $705,000 in cash with Xiao Zhen Jean Li in 2013, and $1.7 million for an Abbotsford property in 2020.
  • Following the civil forfeiture lawsuit, the B.C.’s Director of Civil Forfeiture issued an unexplained wealth order requiring Li and Huang to produce property, utility, and tax records since 2003, enabled by 2023 laws from the Cullen Commission.
  • Police confirmed Zuhoruddin Mansoori was the fatal shooting victim, and the second victim was recovering, Vancouver Police reported on Friday.
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How a Vancouver blood trail ended with Canada's first unexplained wealth order

It was a trail of blood after a double shooting that led police to an alleged illegal cannabis operation in East Vancouver in September 2023. Now two property owners have been ordered to show how they acquired funds to buy three B.C.

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First in Canada unexplained wealth order issued in B.C. against alleged pot growers

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Friday, August 15, 2025.
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