Who's really behind Toronto's chain of illegal pot shops that won't quit?

By Zach Dubinsky, Lisa Mayor · CBC News ·

CAFE's backers have included a notorious counterfeiter and a Lamborghini-driving ex-wrestling champ

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One of the storefronts of the Toronto-based CAFE, a chain of unlicensed cannabis dispensaries, was raided and shut down last week — a regular occurrence for the business. It reopened within hours.

These are no ordinary renegade weed stores. They are branches of Cannabis and Fine Edibles, or CAFE, a chain of sleek coffee shops that double as marijuana dispensaries. Collectively, they have been raided and shut down at least a dozen times since Canada legalized cannabis last October — only to bounce back each time, usually reopening within hours.

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