April 1, 2010, The Mission Record

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CLARK RETIRING FROM CITY HALL Director of Corporate Administration reflects on 34 years Pg. 3

THIEVES HIT ZAJAC RANCH An ATV and tools, valued at about $6,000, were stolen from the local children’s camp. PAGE 4

Police bring armour to bust Find bunker with 750 pot plants and assault rifle at rural Mission property BY

CAROL AUN

Mission Record

The RCMP’s newly acquired tactical armoured vehicles (TAVs) were used for the first time in Mission on Saturday, when police took down a large marijuana grow operation in the 13000 block of Sabo Street. One of the two TAVs rammed

the four-foot high metal gate at the entrance and police officers, safely behind the protective vehicles, used a loudspeaker to call out and ask the occupants of the home to come out. One man in his 20s came out of the residence peacefully, a member of Mission RCMP’s Street Crime Unit, who didn’t want to be identified, told The Record.

He will be facing charges related to the production and possession of marijuana, as well as firearm offences. About 750 plants were found in an underground bunker on the nine-acre rural property, according to police. Inside the home there were a number of weapons, including an M-16 assault rifle and a .22 cali-

bre semi-automatic handgun with a silencer. The occupant had surveillance cameras to watch the property outside the home. Police had been observing the property for more than two weeks before finally being granted a search warrant. See BUST Page 2

A STORY OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Clarke Theatre audiences sang along with Good Rockin’ Tonight: The Sun Records Story. PAGE 12

A GOLDEN GRAPPLER Mission wrestler Sunny Dhinsa didn’t allow a single point to be scored against him at the junior national championships, until he won the gold medal match by a 4-1 score. PAGE 18

New RCMP tactical armoured vehicles were called in for the first time in Mission to help local Mounties take down a marijuana grow operation on a rural property. Inset is an M-16 assault rifle that was seized. RCMP PHOTOS

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