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ByCHRISLLOYD ~ | ‘But tie fact that he

. -... managed to’ steal ‘them |.

- oa, - without any record that |

RCMP ' explosives ' «many of the explosives had |

- experts and dogs have gone missing _; particularly
uncovered ‘six loads of disturbs the RCMP.

stolen dynamite, =. a.

explosives hidden ina “= OL

wooded area of North As _ well as prosecuting

- Vancouver, © holders of explosives

. ~licenses who do not keep:

oe er - Proper records, they are also

after the arrest of 23-year- t¢PPing up controis to keep

" old Theodore Davis, of 2931 ‘he Public away from such -
Mountain Highway, North ‘#°0°S: on

Van, who. was recently. | ,

sentenced to 30 days’ jailfor _ “Such magazine areas are _
throwing sticks of dynamite | posted as private and RCMP |
_intoLynn Canyon, _ - are increasing surveillance

_ and - will be regularly:
The gunpowder, dynamite patrolling the areas with
and’.other explosives were ‘dogs to take action against
found - buried under tree anyone trespassing there.
roots. and underground over They warn that charges will
‘a wooded area of two-mile be laid against” any. such -
diameter, in’ six separate _trespassers. ~ a
caches. ; — wT

7 Nitro-glycerine was. --The police were. also

leaking out of some cases | concerned about the
and the explosives were haphazard handling of - the .

. .. explosives, some of it buried
generally in such damaged . iyo feet underground, and
condition that the RCMP arn of anyone attempting

- called in explosives'experts {oretrieve them:

and dogs who spent two days _
uncovering’ them in an OS, .
operation considered highly ~ “The chances of him

a

It couldn't

THE EAST SHORE of lovely Breakw water Island ni | is honeycombed with interesting
rock formations. The island, Jocated at the entrance to Gabriola Pass, has been one

oO family’s property-for fifty years. “There's never been:a motor on the island,” says the
dangerous. . blowing his hand off or broker. See ‘Speckulations’ on page two. = (Ellsworth Dickson photo) a Pe
; blowing himself up were = — + - be closer
certainly present.” fettontiin
RECORD-KEEPING ‘ -

- .The  s okesman Said:

And now the owners of the __,, P
explosives may be charged About halt tn ° é a pte
under the Explosives Actfor Sucks wore stillin stick form,
tating fo maintain proper and the paper had fallen
. off.” *

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Only one case of powder “The black powder is
had been reported as stolen extremely dangerous as
but RCMP uncovered 25 | static electricity can set it off
pounds of black powder, 24 and there were pockets of
pounds of ball powder (rifle pure nitro glycerine from the
powder), 2,000 Deta Prime dynamite buried under
plastic explosive primers, stumps.”
two 300-metre reels of Prima | ;
cord explosive and four
cases of approximately 640
sticks of 70 per cent gelex
dynamite.

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The explosives had been
stolen in. two separate
breakins at magazines in the
same area. Such industrial
explosives are stored in
cement bunkers away from
populated areas and a police
spokesman says: “This guy
happened to hit upon a
pretty good stash.”

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As to Davis’ motives for
wanting explosives, the
spokesman commented: “I
don't think he was going to
blow up North Vancouver or
anything. 1 think he just
wanted to hear a big bang.”

“We have seen no in-
dication that these cx-
plosives were to be used for
criminal offences.”

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