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A8 - Sunday, January 23, 1983 - North Shore News

FROM PAGE A1

stolen pickup truck,
reportedly heading for a rifle
range, and several guns were
seized. Other weopons and
explosives were seized in
simultaneous raids by police
in Vancouver, Surrey and
New Westminster.

The five, described as
“members of an extremist
group” are also suspected of
last May's explosion at the
B.C. Hydro Cheekye-
Dunsmuir sub station, which
caused $4.5 million damage
to the Vancouver Istand
power plant, as well as the
$5-million Litton Systems
explosion in Ontano.

In addinon, they are
accused of plotting to blow
up Canadian Forces 1in-
stallations in Cold Lake,
Alberta involved with the
testing of Cruise missiles and
to have planned to blow up
the Terry Fox icebreaker
being built at) Burrard
Yarrows shipyard in North
Vancouver for oil ex-
ploration in the north

The operation” which
netted the five was headed
by the Coordinated Law
Enforcement Unit (CLEU)
and involved several police
forces

An emergency Fespe mnsc¢
team, made up of about
eight members of the North
Van RCMP detachment.
matched by a similar number
from Bumaby RCMP. was
waiting for Uhe truck .

The team. specifically
trained for such work was
disguised as a department of
highways road crew ous a
result oof being
prepared for the arnval of
the truck North of Squamish

An csatimated 2 000 tb on
high explosives was sere’

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earlier in the investigation.

CLEU allege that the
group has called itself
various names, including

Direct Action, for the B.C.
Hydro and Litton bombings.
and the Wimmin’s Fire
Brigade for the November 22
firebombings of three Red
Hot Video stores.

Most serious of the Red
Hot bombings was in Surrey.
which destroyed the store in
a fire which spread to five
adjoining premises. An
attempt at the North
Vancouver store on Marine
Drive caused considerably
less damage.

A note purportedly sent by
the Wimmin’'s Fire Brigade
to Vancouver press agency
office said the fires were mn
protest to the stores stocking
pornographic video tapes

considered
women.

The group allegedly
financed itself from  rob-
benes and thefts which form
the bases of charges in
addition to the 12 charges
laid against them involving
conspiracy to dynamite the
icebreaker, and = aircraft
equipment at Cold Lake.
conspiracy to commit
robbery and other offences,
firebombings and_ the
possession of dynamite and
other explosive devices.

In custody are Brent
Taylor, 26, Gerald Hannah,
also 26, Ann Hansen, 29 and
Juliet Belmas, 20. all of 1414-
10th Street, in New West-
minster, and Douglas
Stewart, 25, of 3895 Win-
dermere Street, in’ Van-
couver.

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