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TWO MEN. were ‘arrested.o on

‘Tuesday, Jan. 4, aftercthe West.

.Nancoiiver Police seized "10 grams

0.4 02.) of cocaine’ and 60. grams...

-(2;1oz,) of marijuana during 8 road-
block: onthe, Upper Levels
Highway near Highway 99,

‘The drugs were valued at
e$1,600,
‘Vancouver Police spokesman...

“The | men were travelling north

according to a ;West,

when they were stopped at the
“ roadblock, : 2

_ Charged with (wo counts of pos-
sessing a narcotic for:trafficking
purposes, along with one count
each ‘of driving without insurance
und driving without 9 licence, was
Raymond Shubrook, 22, of North
Vancouver.

A 22-year-old Whistler man
also faces narcotics charges.

chases info
on welfare

fraud cases

WEST VANCOUVER-
Capilano Liberal MLA Jeremy
Dalton expects to receive g
report this month that con-
firms his belief that provincial
welfare fraud is as high as
20% of claims,

By Anna Marie D’Angelo
News Reporter

Dalton, who is the Liberal critic |

of the Attorney General ministry,
said he used freedom of informa-
tion legislation to request & report
by Peat Marwick Thorne ‘chartered
accounts that he believes contains
the percentage of fraudulent claims
in the social services ministry.

The report was not made public
although it was part of a 1991 gov-
ernment-operations audit, said
Dalton.

Said Dalton, “1 think 20% is
reasonabiy close to the truth,”

Wf 20% of welfare claims turn

“out to be fraudulent, that translates

to between $250 to $400 million

worth of annual losses to the min--

istry.
The ministry ‘has @ $2 billion
yearly budget, said Dalten.
He said the government could
reduce fraudulent claims ty yi
sinstituting computer imaging
identifications: — ,

sconducting riure home visits to

clainiants;

srequiring photo identification; 4

echecking that social insorance
numbers are valid;

einsuring that’ phony police

claims are not used to get moncy;

sinking welfare offices by com-

puters.
Dalton said the government's
left-wing idcology is responsible

for the reluctance to reveal - figures |,

and crack down on welfare fraud.

He criticized the recent provin-°

cial NDP government'stuements
about fiscal Tesponsibility concerm-

- ing budgets.’ wo

“They are us phony: its a $3
bill,” said Dalton, ;

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