Bright Lights Celebrations F Classifieds . Crossword Horoscopes Home & Garden Seniors Travel z Fa its f North and West Vancouver since 1969 Kevin Gillies and Bob Mackin News Reporters MORE than 200 people gathered at Victoria Park in North Vancouver Thursday afternoon to protest the crack- down on the stu- dent-led pro- democracy move- ment in Iran. The protesters, mostly Hranian expatriates, carried signs and chanted slogans in English and Farsi denouncing the conservative backlash at university campuses in Tehran and Esphan. “We gathered here to sup- Iranian page 2 Anna Marie D’Angelo News Reporter dangelo@nsnews.com NATHAN Gallagher trafficked at the ounce level in an illegal drug calied Ecstasy. Gallagher, 20, was one of cight young men charged after a North Vancouver RCMP drug section tvestigation shut down an alleged MDMA lab near Pensberton last year. MDMA, commonly known as Ecstasy, is a stimulant. It is the drug of choice for young people at rave parties. During the inves- gation undercover Mounties conducted a number of major Ecstasy drug transactions. On Wednesday, federal Crown lawyer Jay Straith argued that although Gallagher played the role of the “arras of the trafficker” in the dealer hierarchy, the court should denounce the behaviour. Straith submitted that Gallagher should be jailed for 18 months. Sports 026 First and second team high school rugby all-stars named Ecstasy dealer leaves North Van court with conditional sentence “The accused had connection with, not hits of MDMA, we are talking about ounces. You don’t pick those up casually on the street,” said Straith. Rur North Vancouver pr agreed with Gallagher's lawyer that a conditional not jail, was an appropriate sentence. Gallagher received a 12 month conditional sentence with a curfew and 12 mouths? pro- bation. He is required to perform 150 hours of community work. Paradis said that if Gallagher went to jail, he would “revert back” to where he was when he was charged a year ago. Paradis noted that the North Vancouver raised Gallagher had been an “indifferent human being” all his lite who had “never ia} court Judge Jerome Paradis ence, and Classifieds p51 Special feature on i home renovati Princess Di’s dresses raise funds for charity Fashion p15 NEWS photo Julie iverson MORE than 200 local !ranians rallied Thursday afternoon in North Vancouver's Victoria Park. They chanted in English and Farsi and waved signs in support of the student-led pro-democracy movement in Tehran. The worst unrest in 20 years broke out a week ago in the franian capital after the Muslim theocracy shut down a liberal newspaper. done anything of value.” Sines being charged, Gallagher has had a steady low-p: maintenance job and hopes to work for the Cuast Guard whe! his uncle is presently employed. The judge said it wasn’t in the public’s interest to jail Gallaghe In February 1998, Gallagher was involved in the selling of one ounce of MDMA for $4,000 to an undercover Mountic on East 12th Street in North Vancouver City. Gallagher arranged the deal which involved qwo other accused men. The Crown lawyer called the other nwo drug deafers “higher placed” in the pyramid. Later that same month, Gallagher was involved in another one ounce MDMA buy worth $3,900. This transaction occurred in tine iGO black of West Ist Street in North Vancouver. Gallagher was not convicted in relation to the nwo February 1998 drug buys. The Crown lawyer used the information to show See Drug page 4 |<