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Rent receipts
found for pot
grow houses

Anna Marie D’Angelo

News Reporter
dangelo@nsnews.com

THREE North Shore
houses recently raided
for hydroponic marijua-
na have been linked by
police to a man charged
- with possessing date
rape pills for trafficking

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On jan. 21, North
Vancouver RCMP drug: sec-
tion members raided a house at
867 Whitchurch St. in’ the
Grand Boulevard area. Police
obtained a search warrant after
allegedly buying cocaine from
the resident of the house,
Normand Bisson, 47.

‘At the ‘Whitchurch address,
Mounties . made | the © first
seizure in Canada of the date

<< rape drug, “Rohypnol. . Police

originally estimated 3,500 pills
were ‘seized. ‘

On Wednesday d uring a;
press: conference in. North
’ Vancouver, Sgt. | Chuck
“Doucette.” of RCMP E
Division headquarters, * said
“there ‘were. 4,300 pills seized.
At $40.a pill, police say the ille-

gal-drug has a Street value of
- $170, 000. : .

“Wer ve done an ‘intensive |
probe of the: rave scene in the»
last:;several: months. We've
‘seized hundreds of samples of
” different, chemicals and not |
“once have we come: across

accusations of: secrecy in the,
treaty ‘negotiation’ process. °{
John said -he looked “for-
ward to’a frank exchange. of «
ideas. "He told those, present:
“that: despite any’. ideological’
differences,“ we're : going to’
walk in ‘as friends, and\we’re
going to leave’ as: frie
we are neighbours, after'al
“(First Nations ° people)

1. v

have all: waited 'far too long, oO

continued: wee

history of
gard to

repeat, the &
aT hose: views were: echoed

Rohypnol,” said oe

Doneette said the pills were
manufactured by Roche
(Hoftman-La Roche.) Police
traced the pills origin to
Mexico. The pills? lot. nuniber
is being used to trace the drug
to amore specific source,

Rohypnol is a brand name
tor flunitrazepam. The medica-
tion called “rootties” is legal in
Europe and Mexico where it is:
intended for insomnia treat-
ment.
~ Ina date rape scenario, a
Rohypnol pill is slipped into a
victim's drink. Doucette said
Rohypnol and aleohol com-
bined can be lethal.

Police found the seized
Rohypnol tablets wrapped in
plastic and in an oily substance.
Doucette the Rohypnol was
probably hidden in’ another
container when brought into
Canada.

Doucette said the date rape
pill began to be used common-
lyin 1993 in the United States.

Meanwhile .. police
seized $1 million cash, cocaine,
other drugs and guns at the
Whitchurch house.

Bisson has no_ criminal
record and stated he had a
painting /company. Bisson was
described by police’ asa sus-'
pected flow level cocaine deal-
er entrusted in the care and
control of the $1 million.”

Police say rent receipts were
found in the Whitchurch
house for three other: North
Shore houses. -:

» (One of the. houses in the
100- block of Glenmore ‘Drive:
in/ the’ British Properties was
raided by West Vancouver
Police in November. -Police

seized 199 marijuana plants -

and $5, 000 cash,

tion’ of human + rights ‘said

Khaki, “the ‘right of First

_Nations people for self-gov-

ernment and the right for

‘them to manage their own

affairs. Q

. “We want to see:
this process. move
_ forward. A’
meeting like this .
is long overdue,”

° d
Jerry. Lamberi,
"Business Council ot B. C...,

; owe have spoken on their.
“behalf: for. too long’ —. it’s

about time they: were able, to

* speak for themselves.” As ;

sity /OF public “dialogue and.

He underlined: the neces-'

Thucual ‘understanding. «:
_ Aeamany

: tim i is is listed in critical but stable

‘condition in“, Lions Gate.
Hospital. The nian is expected,
‘to survive.; a,
The: incident occurred at
about .4 ‘p.m.: and ‘involved: a
group of five Vietnamese. men

‘chasing ‘another -group of five.

‘Korean ‘men... :The pursuers

were armed ‘with knives and a

“mace, Their’ chase, was’ halted
When they’saw a police car pa
ing in-the area. =. ;

- Officers: responding to the

anaged’ to’ locate two' of":
-the’’Suspects.'’A’ search of: the :

failed,to. yield th

‘ing ‘three. suspects but, ‘said ~
«Almas, th

investigation “i

also |

, thing.”

. ongoing. ‘He

charges of - attempted murder
are .pending against the two

: capnured Suspects.’ :

NEWS 'S photo Mike Wakelleld

APPROXIMATELY half of the $1 million seized in a
Grand Boulevard house on Jan. 21: was on display
with marijuana, hash and stacks of date rape pills.

North Vancouver RCMP.

drug section . members
obtained. search warrants to
enter the other nwo houses:

@- in the
Mountain Highway on Jan.
21. Police. say 156 marijuana

plants and 7.5 kg (16 Ibs) of
marijuana was seized. A man |

was arrested at the house;

emphasized, the need for
treaties to “work ‘for every-
one, so nobody feels gypped
—' so there is no social
unrest.”
“Economic -
important,” she said,
not ‘the only important

issues :

Heaman also said the fed-

“eral. and provincial govern-
ments. had not’ provided:
enough information about
‘treaties. such as Nisga’a to
‘the public.

She said the treaty process
was not well understood, and

that ‘the -government’ had -

contused, the. public with a
sudden. barrage of: pro-
Nisga’a advertising. 2)”
“It’s going from nothing
to all this hype,” she added.
Members , of TNAC had
their -individial

municipal services; and qual-

V stabbing

‘added | that

2600-block : of

‘are’
“but.

“process move forward, _
‘Lambert, “a meeting like this pe
: Jong overdue,”

concerns,
“including: economic tability;
meanwhile .

Bi inl ‘the 4000-block of Sleine
Drive in the upper Highland

area on ‘Jan, 23. Police say.

about half'a kilogram: of mari-
juana and hydroponic equip-
ment was found in’ the house.

The ‘house was vacant except

for, a fold-out couch bed and a
motorcycle found on the top
i serording t to police. -,

i | of life i issues,
| “These are tough. cco-
nomic times,” said: Business
-Gouncil ‘of B.C. Spokesman
Jerty .. Lambert," ' who
acknowledged that. the First
Nations Summit and TNAC
ihembers would not always
be in agreement.’ |
All those present; howey-
er, endorsed, a speedy ratifi-
tation of the: land claims

treaties, and all agreed on the
importance of sharing‘infor-

‘mation : first-hand, — rather
than relying on’ gévernment
reports. eat
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