i f Bry, 40 pages haar chine N. Shore police ram through apartment door to seize They electronic showed the scales to contain traces A NORTH Yancouver provincial court judge has ruled ‘that North Shore police lawfully executed a drug bust that Office, Editorial 985-2131 Ago SEA TREK Pour former Cap College students are planning the Kayak tip ofa lifedme Display Advertising 980-0511 Classitieds 986-6222 AN iy | BIG APPLE A rundown of news and views fram Ame fashion capital, New nea’s Distribution 986-1337 NEWS photo Neil Lucente AMIR KASHAVARZI, left, Darisa Djavaherizadeh, Shahram Ojavaherizadeh and Darviz Djavaherizadeh place flowers on the grave of Shahin Djavaherizadeh. The family is upset over a West Vancouver bylaw that restricts the number of flowers permitted on graves located in the Capilano View Cemetery. story. netied 2 $3.5 million heroin haul last August in Vancouver. Ivan Pelegrin, 36, and Marija Kokanovie, 25, are charged with possession af herein for the pur- pose of trafficking in connection with the Aug. 8, 1992, drug seizure. Kokanovie is currently in court fo face the charge, but Pelegrin failed to show for the preliminary hearing: set earlier this year. rle has reportedly fled the country after being released on $100,006 bail. The police seized approximately three pounds (1.3 kg) of pure By Michael Secker News Reporter China white herein after raniming through the door of an apartment sue foeated in the lGQ-black of Barclay Street. Judge J.B. Paradis was asked to determine the admissibility of evi- dence found as a result of the search and seizure, Members of the North Van- couver RCMP and West Van- couver drug squads broke their Sere ee way into the suite and arrested Kokanovic prior to acqtiring a search warrant. In July, the North Vancouver RCMP drug section was tipped off that Pelegrin had arrived in Vancouver with three pounds (1.3 kg) of heroin for sale. The police were given a possible licence late number of a rental car driven by Pelegrin. Tt began surveillance and followed the movements of Felegrin and Kokanavie for a number of days. On Aug. 8, the police saw Pelegrin throw a parcel into a garbage dumpster near his Barclay suite. found analysis and lab retrieved — it scales, of heroin. Later that day, the ,police ar- rested Pellegrin’ and found an ounce (28 grams) of heroin in one of his shoes. : They decided upartmient. At first the police anempred to trick the occupant of the apart. ment to oper the door to 'n “tresi- dent’ in trouble. The occupant refused and was heard ta walk away from the door. Three officers, using a battering ram, broke down the door. As they burst in they yelled ‘police. to enter the $3 Please see page 3 for ' 5M in heroin The potice found an open bedroom window, and one officer saw) Kokanovie drop to the ground from a parkade roof ad- joining the apartment building. She was arrested after a brie? chase, The police tater obtained a search warrant for the apartment. North Vancouver RCMP Ser. Rick Lawrenee, the leader of the drug squad team, said the decision to break in without a warrant was made based an an assumption that evidence could have been destroyed because Pelegrin had failed to return to the suite fol- lowing his arrest.