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vain, he finds out why. The
man he has just shushed is
the— bootlegger, who has
walked away after. scrutiniz-
ing the unmarked car, the
two policemen, even the
reporter.

We leave the area, Herman
laughing at Wiederick’s
**gsh’’. +

“That should cool things
down for a while,’’ Herman
says.

It doesn’t.

The police return to the
street 15 minutes later. and
watch another youth head up
the hill. As Wiederick leaves
the car to take him once the
purchase has been made, two
other cars pull up. One man
gets out of each and heads
for the house.

The scene over the next 20
minutes is as humorous as it
is confusing.

The first youth comes
down the hill with a case of
beer and begins walking
away. Half a block from the

house, Wiederick stops him
and begins the process of
confiscation.

Meanwhile, the other two
men have returned to their

cars empty-handed. Some—

discussions take place —
presumably over price
because more money is pro-
dueed — while Herman sits,

ignored, on the steps 10 feet
away.

One of the two men returns
to the bootlegger’s house,
armed with more cash. He
comes down the hill minutes
later and walks into the
waiting arms of Wiederick,
Herman and the third
member of the enforcement
unit. They again start the

process of confiscating the

illegally-purchased booze.

While the police are taking
the bottle, they are inter-
rupted by the man from the
second car.. He excuses
himself, pushes through the
small crowd and walks up to
the house to make his pur-
chase. He is oblivious to what
is happening.

The three plainclothes
policemen complete the

- ferent.
through the checks.and a par- ~

seizure and stand waiting for

the last man to come down
the hill. When he does, they
close in. A heated argument
ensues. The man loses. The

argument and his case of $14——__--—_-—._.-

beer.

It’s 3:30 a.m., half an hour
after the shift should have
ended. The booze -collected
from the three men over the
last 20 minutes is dropped in-

to the trunk .and: the car is.

pointed ‘back to the station.

The night cannot be rated.
Every situation, every night,
is different Wiederick says.

What’s been accomplished
is that somewhere in-~ the
neighborhood. of. 30 dozen
beer and a dozen bottles of
wine -and liquor haven’t
wound up in the possession
of minors or: been used to
fuel a party.

Some weekend this sum- 7

mer, the story may be dif-
Booze™ will

ty will get out of hand.

Still, it’s been a pretty
good night’s work on this,
the first nice weekend of the
year.

Lock salesman isn’t
telling the truth

BEWARE OF a salesman
bearing locks.

That’s the word from
North Vancouver RCMP
which wants to get its hands
on a bogus lock salesman
working the Lower Lonsdale
area.

Police were alerted to the
man Saturday morning when
a number of residents of that
area telephoned to complain
about a salesman who claim-
ed to be working with the
RCMP.

The man, who said he was
employed by a firm called
Vancouver Security, said he
was working in conjunction
with the RCMP and selling
locks that had been recom-
mended by the police force.

Police checked the area but
could not find the man.

The RCMP does not work
with security businesses, nor

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Flyer Correction

In Zellers ‘Little Book of Big
Values’ (March 13 24) on
page 3. the Thursday door
opening special, ‘—smond
Olympus’ blanket should
read #1 impertects instead
ot ‘first quality

I 1g nol a thermal weave
and ts not guaranteed tor 4
years

Also, on page 272? the hood
ed stadium jacket will not be
available

A replacement fam wilt be
offered

Zellers regrets
nience this may Mave ¢ aub
od then Customers

fry ive se Miva

does it endorse specific pro-
ducts, a detachment
spokesman said Monday.

to do business with you.
Come in and check us out!

WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS.
AND WE’RE DOING MORE TO GET IT.

If the salesman shows up at
your door, the police would
appreciate a call at 985-1311.

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