Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 30, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba To of t in Ivi in w 1rt if Cloudy Wlton periods of press ramp payoff among highest but seized goods scant bootlegged booze seized near me Border gets the once Over from then ramp officer wimm prize ramp Are claiming alleged smuggler Joe Lynes cattle under legislation dealing a Jiff proceeds of reporter Cash went to the rom agreed to pay a Manitoba Man up to for information that resulted in six arrests and the seizure of in smuggled american liquor and the payment is believed to be among the highest Ever made to an informant in it is More than twice what informants were paid in two recent major drug dealer and defeat which led to the arrests of 27 traffickers and the seizure of More than million in heroin and including a rocket in the liquor operation nicknamed operation decode saw six people arrested and 300 cases of smuggled american liquor along with so cases of two handguns were also lawyers representing some of those charged in the Case Are questioning the mounties were not talking about heroin and cocaine said lawyer Jay who represents two of the were talking about a product canadians can legally buy in the its frightening they can spend that kind of Money on a the payment was Strong Keith head of the rcmp8 prime which conducted operation i guess that will go to the court of Public opinion whether we were right or wrong but certainly Felt it was Thorn at the time of the the mounties said they believed the operation under involved at least cases of illegal liquor the they maintain that position to this Daw Clyde who Heads the group of Federal Crown attorneys prosecuting the decode refused to discuss the payment under the terms of the informant John Melvin of the Manitoba Community of was paid in May 1995 at the Start of the another at the Midway Point and on upon the successful completion of the investigation when the arrests were the agreement for a maximum of also for Mckay to receive a month until All the suspects have gon through Mckay has so far received almost the remainder of the is to be paid out when All the suspects have gone to next summer when the last two cases Are scheduled be Mckay was a paid agent in the meaning he took an Active role by setting up and making liquor and tobacco purchases in addition to police although the agreement allows the mounties to unilaterally reduce the sources say this is a Standard but Little used provision to protect the mounties in Case an informants information is bogus or the investigation Falls apart Bond denied charges were stayed or dropped As part of the Deal with but be added i wont Tell you about never that frankly none of your Thorn said that As far As Hes aware there was no ten news can West Vav has at the forefront of it an markets Tajii Mhz Totel com in Nobu by Thomson l company that owns press hag seen its Stock climb about 60 per v the Winnipeg based broadcaster recently Jaugu neg net earnings for the year were up a whopping 41 1 per cent to its the 10th consecutive year that can West his set records for revenues and ing fuelled by record Low interest rates and a growing f North Aroer in Toronto 10 of 14 ups Rose w trading of 96 j Roi wion in new Vorac stocks Rose As of the Best months Ever for the Dow Jones Industrial which made a stunning Advance of or per in l but while there seems to be no end to analysts warn that with every a dip is almost a to of grit Celebration and great said David Christian Macdonald shy rofl its a tune of Cerebra in n if extortion letter wore balding bad Guys prints by David Kuxhaus Law courts reports grasping for a 28yearold Winnipeg Man has ended up with a two year sentence for extor his deep seated fear of los ing his hair has controlled his the mans Bruce told a provincial court judge this so much that when his precious strands began to fall out last he traded in his beloved Harley Davidson motorcycle for the transplant didst desperate for a second seed ing with no Man targeted his recently wid owed demanded the balding bad believing there was estate Money to be the 57 year old woman an Anonymous five Page letter it was to be dropped off in a phone Box on an elevator in a Portage Avenue office if you dont we will kill your it the aunt called a dusting of the note much to her her nephews the Ferner challenged Man was arrested earlier this year and pleaded guilty to sentencing was delayed to Complete a psychiatric Efalua doctors found he suffered from no discernible mental than Bis with his disappear ing luxurious mane Crown attorney Colleen Mcduff asked the court to Send him to the extortion itself was said provincial court judge Ray mond Harris decided on a com unit based sentence of two years less a he prohibited the Man from having any con tact with his i cant understand your Harris told the As you can see Ive last some in the Man snorted a luxurious mane of hair flowing it seems a Philadelphia clinic had the right tonic his recently 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