QPP/RCMP overkill for tobacco and marijuana offences

According to ca.news.yahoo.com, in OKA, Quebec today there was a major police anti-drug operation, involving about 500 officers including the RCMP, is taking place today in Mohawk communities around Montreal.
A number of searches and arrests have been made in Kanesatake, Akwesasne and Oka.
Police say the operation involves organized crime and drug-trafficking — but they can't provide specifics yet on things like the number of arrests and the quantity of drugs seized. They are saying that 38 arrest warrants have been handed out, and that the seizures primarily involve marijuana.
Full Yahoo.com article on police raids at Mohawk reservations in Quebec