Drugs seized

THE NORTH Vancouver RCMP and West Vancouver
Police drug squads made two separate drug seizures
recently on the North Shore.

According to a North Vancouver RCMP spokesman,
as a result of a joint investigation the police seized 61
individually-packaged grams of cocaine on Feb. 22. The
narcotic has an estimated street value of $6,100.

Charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of
trafficking are 22-year-old Paul Brian Stegavig and a

17-year-old youth. Both are fron: North Vancouver.

On Feb. 26, the North and West Vancouver drug
squads searched a North Vancouver sesidence and seized
a complete marijuana cultivation set-up, including 28
plants.

Charged with marijuana cultivation and possession of
a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking are 33-year-old
James Charles Webster and 29-year-old Lisa Knutson,
both of North Vancouver.

Apartment burns

A CHILD playing with a lighter is believed to have
caused a Feb. 29 fire that damaged an apartment in
North Vancouver City.

According to a North Vancouver City Fire Department
spokesman, fire broke out in a bedroom at E-236 West
First St. at approximately 12:30 p.m.

The fire was contained in en upper floor bedroom.

. The room was gutted. The upper floor of the apartment
sustained heavy smoke damage.

Residents of the ome escaped without injury, but one
of three family cats died in the fire.

_ The fire caused :ipproximately $20,000 damage to the
apartment and about $15,000 to contents.

The fire depart‘ient spokesman advises people that
lighters or matches sre ‘‘tools not toys’’ and should be
kept out of reach of inquisitive young children.

Homes burglarized

' BREAK AND enter charges are pending against two
* West Vancouver youths afier three Queens Avenue-area
homes were broken in to on March 2.

According to a West Vancouver Police spokesman, the
police were calied to the 2400-block of Queens Avenue at
If a.m. after an alarm sounded at a home.

Alert neighbors spotted two youths running from the
scene. The area was searched and a 14-year-old male and
a 12-year-old male were apprehended.

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