cannabisnews.com: Pot Activist Felger Arrested in Police Raid Pot Activist Felger Arrested in Police Raid Posted by CN Staff on June 03, 2003 at 17:28:39 PT By Kevin Gillies Source: Abbotsford Times Outspoken Abbotsford pot activist Tim Felger was busted for growing marijuana at his Bradner Road property again but this time he was angry about how it all went down. Felger said that Abbotsford police Emergency Response Team members surrounded his car in front of Dave Kandal elementary school on Mount Lehman Road just before 10:30 a.m. Friday. On Monday Felger angrily described how police ERT members surrounded his car in front of the school while a helicopter hovered overhead. "They threw a concussion grenade at me and I was standing by the gas tank of my car," Felger said. Abbotsford police spokesman Const. Shinder Kirk took issue with the name of the device, saying, "It was a distraction device of some kind." He likened the device to a stun grenade. "It causes temporary sensory overload," Kirk said, adding it's used to help police officers extract someone from an unsafe situation. "That's part of the investigation," Kirk said. "There are some concerns that were raised." Kirk confirmed the arrest Monday, saying, "Three men, one aged 46, one 45, and the last 26, were taken into custody away from the property [and they were] released pending a court appearance at a later date." He said police seized 3,630 pot plants when they went onto Felger's Bradner Road property more than five hours later. Kirk said the ERT helped the Abbotsford police drug squad as part of an ongoing investigation. Felger said he had 10,000 plants on his property prior to the raid. "Where the . . . did they all go?" he asked Monday. The arrests followed the airing of two stories on Felger by television stations. Felger especially took issue with one station that he says he granted an interview as long as they protected his location. "The agreement was that he wasn't to give away my location or he wasn't to say that it was on Bradner Road," Felger said. "[They] betrayed my trust. They gave away my location on TV and then they further betrayed my trust by giving the video to the Abbotsford Police Department without informing me they had." He continued, "So it was a total surprise I got busted. [They] just came right out and said, 'At his Bradner home he's growing pot.' That's definitely outside of [our] agreement." Officials from the television station were unavailable for comment to press deadlines. Police, however, denied the raid on Felger's property came as a result of the TV coverage. "There's CBC and Shaw did a piece as well. Of course people are saying that it's only as a result of that that [we] did this," Kirk said. "No, absolutely not. That was only something that confirmed what the drug squad already believed was already going on. "Those pieces just confirmed what we already believed." Felger also said police shut off the electricity to his home plus took several of his personal effects such as his computer, his flashlights, his electric tools, his video camera and his carpet cleaner. "They're going to send me to jail [but] I'm not a bad guy. I've always been a good citizen." Felger, who ran for mayor last year, said he wants to debate MP Randy White on the issue of marijuana decriminalization. Source: Abbotsford Times (CN BC)Author: Kevin GilliesPublished: June 3, 2003Copyright: 2003 The Abbotsford TimesContact: editorial abbotsfordtimes.comWebsite: http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Cannabis News Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmPot Farmer Arrested After TV Appearance http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16511.shtmlNew Pot Law Won't Cause Policing Changes http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16411.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #2 posted by FoM on June 03, 2003 at 20:53:16 PT afterburner Thanks for the link! I know when I saw him on the News I couldn't believe what I was seeing actually. I knew I heard them say 10,000 plants but where did they go if they only got 3,000 plus plants? That's a big, big difference! It sure is a lot of plants no matter how you look at the figures. I know it boggles my mind. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by afterburner on June 03, 2003 at 20:37:26 PT: Hear Tim Felger on Pot-TV News "Pot TV News for June 3rd, 2003 - Pot TV News with Pot-TV - Running Time: 37 min - Date Entered: 03 Jun 2003 - Viewer Rating: 0.00 (0 votes) - Number of Views: 98 Marc talks to Tim Felgar about his recent bust that took place shortly after he proudly and defiantly showed his BC Bud Grow-Op on the CBC News. Also discussed, the fight for Canadian Prisoner, Mike Patriquen to recieve the medical marijuana he is allowed by law through a medical excemption and the US Ambassador to Canada is making more noise about Canadian Decrim." http://www.pot-tv.net/ram/pottvshowse2002.ram [ Post Comment ] Post Comment