U.S. WAR DESERTER IS HELD AFTER POT ARREST IN NELSON

NELSON - A U.S. army deserter has been arrested in Nelson.

Robin Long, 24, was arrested by police on a countrywide warrant on Monday.

Long, who is from Ontario, was in Nelson visiting friends and staying
with fellow war resisters.

But Nelson police Chief Dan Maluta said Long was arrested as a result
of regular police work, not because they were targeting war resisters.

Maluta said an officer investigated four men in a park smoking what
he alleged to be marijuana. In running a check, the officer
discovered the warrant and arrested Long.