4 — Sunday, December 14, 1997 -— North Shore News

Marijuana
plants seized

NORTH Vancouver RCMP drug section offi-
cers have now busted eight marijuana grow
Operations over the past year.

The most recent arrests came Dec. 3, when officers
armed with a search warrant found $200,000 worth of
growing marijuana plants, dried and bagged marijuana, a
small amount of cocaine and grow equipment at a rented
Indian River Drive home.

Two adult males have been arrested and charged with
production of marijuana and possession for the purpose of
trafficking.

RCMP spekesman Const. Tom Seaman would not
telease the men’s names, but said both provided North
Vancouver addresses and both were known to the police.

Coquitlam RCMP had a warrant out for ane of the men
for manjuana-retated offences, said Seaman.

The eight busts have yielded marijuana with a serect
value of $2.9 million, said Seaman.

There have been numerous arrests and some of the
operations have been connected to organized crime, Those
investigations arc continuing, said Seaman.

Seaman said many of the marijuana grow operations are
established in quiet residential areas in rented haraes.
Often the homeowner does not know about the grow
operation. Other times, the owners turn a blind eye to the
criminal business, said Seaman.

He said marijuana grow operations are common all over
the Lower Mainland.

“In the past five years, grow operations have increased
just because of the sheer profitability of them,” said
Seaman.

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1998 Budget
Discussions

Attacked woman seeks witnesses

Robert Gaister

News Reporter
robert@nsnews.com

A North Vancouver
woman is seeking wit-
nesses to help fight her
alleged attacker in the
courts.

On Nov. 20, at approxi-
mately 6 p.m., a young blond
wontin was walking along
East Ist Street in) North
Vancouver with an cight-yvear-
ald boy.

When the woman reached
St. Andrews Avenue, a man
dressed in black attacked the

woman and proceeded to beat
her as the boy stood by.

The woman screamed.
Before she was seriously hurt,
aman came ro her rescue. The
assailant thes fled the scene.

The woman recognized
the man as her ex-boytriend.
He was later apprehended.

As a result of the incident,
David Cathcart has been
charged with assault. He will
be making a second court
appearance on Jan. 26.

Cathcart was released trom
police custody on $500 bail.

Conditions of his release
include avoiding any contact
with his former girlfriend and

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. Development Variance Permit - 918 Kennedy

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Our Christmas Hours:

libraries close at noon
libraries closed
libraries closed

Weds. Dec. 24th:
Thurs. Dec. 25th:
Fri. Dec. 26th:

libraries close at 5 p.m.
libraries closed

Weds. Dec. 31:
Thurs. Jan. 1:

Lynn Valley Main Library will not be open on Sunday
Dec. 21st. or Sunday Dec. 28th.
ALL OTHER HOURS AS USUAL

Lynn Valley Main Library
1280 East 27th St. 984-0286

Capilano Branch

3045 Highland Bivd. 987-4471

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