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THURSDAY January 29, 2015 • www.langleytimes.com NEWS Walking For Memories
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Bank robber strikes in three provinces MAN WANTED IN ALDERGROVE BANK HOLD UP BEARS STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO SUSPECT IN ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN HEISTS MONIQUE TA MMING A Time s Re po rte r
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Multiple security camera images from different financial institutions in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan show a male suspect who is believed to be the same person. Most recently, the TD Canada Trust Bank in Aldergrove was held up on Wednesday, Jan. 21.
The man who robbed the Aldergrove TD Canada Trust bank on Jan. 21 may be a modern-day Jesse James. RCMP from B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as the Lethbridge Regional Police Service, believe the same man committed eight armed robberies across the three provinces in eight weeks. In each robbery, surveillance pictures show the same man. The robberies occurred Dec. 1, 2014 in Princeton, Dec. 9 in Vernon, Dec. 19 in High River, Alta., Dec. 23 in Merritt, Jan. 8 in Swift Current, Sask., Jan. 13 in Lethbridge, Jan. 16 in Claresholm, Alta., Jan. 21, in Aldergrove. Continued Page 5
Mushroom barn repurposed as grow-op FEDERAL CRIME UNIT DISMANTLES MASSIVE MARIJUANA GROW ON ZERO AVENUE MO N I Q U E TA M M I N G A Ti me s Re po r t e r
A marijuana grow operation on a “massive scale” has been dismantled on a former mushroom farm at 0 Avenue and 264 Street on Tuesday. Acting on tips from several sources,
members of the federal serious and organized crime unit along with Langley RCMP and Vancouver Police descended on the seven-acre property with a search warrant around 9:30 a.m. More than 10 people were arrested on site and an enormous grow-op, with several rooms and plenty of sophistication, was
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discovered in a 51,000 square foot barn, said Sgt. Laurie White of the federal unit. The scope of this grow operation is massive and one of the largest they have seen, she said. The federal police unit spent a month investigating this property. “The investigation will try to determine
who this is being produced for but at this time we don’t know that yet. This isn’t a mom and pop type grow-op,” said White. The property neighbours the border but it doesn’t appear that it has an American connection. Continued Page 5
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