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Straith countered with Section $16 ef tie Criminal Code (court proceedings may be adjourned up to three days and the accused can be remanded in custody during that time) and Section | of the Chartered of Rights (rights and freedoms are subject to reasonable limits).

Said Grandison, “I note for the record, Mr. Viug’s objections ... The uccused will not be released..."

An angry Vlug said, “Shit. Po have no respect for you. You have no respect fur me.”

Said Grandison, “I'm shocked.” before leaving the court room.

Viug continued by communicating that “the system stinks” both in voice and tn sign language which included a motion of plug- ging his nose.

Vlug had asked for a anseript of the pro- ceedings by the next day. Straith said he would not request a transcript.

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Meanwhile, Ashrafinia. standing in the Prisoner's box, was communicating by sign linguage throughout the proceedings with his wife in the audience. Ashrafinia’s wife, who is also deaf, was signing and crying in the court room.

Atone point. the Farsi interpreter was cut off by Grandison when he began to say that Ashrafinia was a famous artist.

Vilug and his client conmmunicated through sign language.

Grandison had previously presided over preliminary court: proceedings concerning Peiravani. who was charged with two counts of trafficking opium, two counts of traffiek- ing cocaine and (ve counts of possessing the proceeds of crime.

Peiravani was released with conditions that he had a curfew between 1O p.m. and 6 am, and he would not go to the Seymour Billiards hall in Vancouver.

Grandison said Peiravani could “expect to be locked up” if he breached his release con- ditions.

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“Don't jay walk or you're history” said Grandison.

Peiravani’s lawyer said his cliest was an unemployed construction worker fiving on Unemployment Insurance.

He added that Peiravani had been in Canada for LO years and was a Canadian cid- zen.

ffis temporary residence was stated as being a suite at 580 Lonsdale Ave., but the North Vancouver RCMP state that he resides in Vancouver,

Another accused, Gray, also appeared in connection with two counts of trafficking marijuana and two counts of possessing the proceeds of crime.

He. too, said he was an unemployed con- struction framer collecting Unemployment Insurance.

Gray and Peiravani were released from jail. They are scheduled for sepurate court appearances on Dee. 14.

Charges against the other men wanted on warrants include:

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Abbas Ghodrat: two counts of trafficking opium, one count of trafficking marijuana, three counts of possessing the proceeds of crime and ong count of possessing marijuana for the purpose of trafficking;

Kazem Elahe: one count of money laun- dering: and

Adel Jowahari: two counts of trafficking cocaine and two counts of possessing the pro- ceeds of crime.

The North Vancouver RCMP said the operation netted 157 grams (5.5 02.) of opium, 709 grains (25 02.) of cocaine, 907 grams (32 02.) of “high grade” marijuana.

They estimated the drug haul to be worth approximately $82,000.

Police say the information gathered in the undercover operation has “opened up several more avenues” of investigation.

The charges resulted from the combined work of the RCMP immigration and passport section and the drug sections of the Vancouver RCMP and the North Vancouver

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