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me the
Dunny

A trio of Playboy bun-
nies showed up at Park
Royal Friday to show
off the magazine’s May
2000 edition.

Cover girt Samantha Speer
of Burnaby, along with fellow
Canucks Katia Corriveau and
Harmoni Everett, signed
copies of the special Girls of
Canada issue at Global News.
They were recruited during a
Playboy talent search.

Several Canadians have
bared-all in the pages of the
American magazine, including,
ex-West Vancouverite Kim
Conrad. She even wed
Playboy publisher Hugh
Hefner, but broke up with the
pyjama-clad cad. The issue
also includes a paparazzi photo
of clothed West Vancouver
singer Sarah McLachlan.

— Bob Mackin

CANADIAN Playboy models Harmoni Everett (left), Samantha Speer and Katie Corriveau signed autographs
for the Girls of Canada issue at Global News last Friday. Speer is on the cover of the May edition.

Suspected smash ‘n’ grabbers charged

Katharine Hamer

News Reporter
khamer@nsnews.com
FIVE suspected jewel
thieves made their first
' court appearance in
North Vancouver
Monday.
. Champa Xayasomphou, 22,
' Simon Mithmuangmeua, 20,
Juan Rivas, 18, Viano
Sifounthone, 20, and Jack
' Keojanock, 20, were all
involved in a heist at Park Royal
South last Thursday.
Between them,
Xayasomphou, Sifounthone,
' Mithmuangmeua, and
- Keojanock robbed branches of
Birks and Lugaro jewelry stores
at the mall.
Wearing balaclava masks,
_ the foursome smashed through

jewelry cases at both stores
using Joaded handguns.

They made off with a large
quantity of jewels.

They were cornered and
arrested by West Vancouver
Police after a dramatic car chase
through Ambleside, in which
jewels, guns, and a spare tire
were thrown out of their esca
vehicle at a pursuing police o
cer.

Ali. five men have been
charged with 10 counts of
armed robbery.

Xayasomphou, Keojanock,
Sifounthone,
Mithmuangmeua_ were is
charged with wearing a disguise
to commit an_ indictable
offence, while Rivas — identi-
fied by, police as the getaway
driver — has been charged with
dangerous driving and instigat-
ing a police pursuit.

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The gang, who drove away
from the scene of the crime in
a stolen Toyota van, face three
counts of possession of stolen
property.

WVPD Sgt. Jim Almas said
after the men were taken into
custody, officers discovered
two additional getaway vehi-
cles registered to the suspects,
as well as “a change of
clothes,” in a parking lot on
the corner of Pylor Way and

Clyde Ave.

Alias said the suspects’
escap: had been foiled by wit-
nesses and by the quick
response of Park Royal security
staf. “What really helped is the
fact that police had a licence
number and a description (of
the men) within minutes,” he
said.

All of the men are residents
of Surrey, except for Rivas, the
driver, whe is from Burnaby.

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hidden ring

A North Vancouver
realtor has pleaded
guilty to attempting to
smuggle jewelry into
the country.

On Dee. 5, 1999, Francis
Ko returned to Canada after a
five-week trip to Shanghai and
Hong Kong and declared
$450 in clothing and souvenirs
at the Vancouver International
Airport. The personal limit
allowed for such a trip is $750.

According to Canada
Customs, during a routine
search, customs officials dis-
covered a receipt from a Hong
Kong jewelry store for a dia-
mond engagement ring valued
at approximately $10,000.
When officials began to con-
duct a personal search, Ko pro-
duced the undeclared ring
from her brassiere and was
charged. Provincial Court
Judge J.R. Groberman fined
Ko $1,500 in handing down
the sentence April 10 in
Richmond Provincial Court.

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