News (Media Awareness Project) - CN BC: Bail Set At $150,000 For Marijuana Activist |
Title: | CN BC: Bail Set At $150,000 For Marijuana Activist |
Published On: | 2005-01-25 |
Source: | Vancouver Sun (CN BC) |
Fetched On: | 2008-08-20 22:21:28 |
BAIL SET AT $150,000 FOR MARIJUANA ACTIVIST
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford's self-proclaimed marijuana activist Tim Felger
will have to pay a $150,000 bail to get of out jail and allow Abbotsford
police to search his property any time if he is released.
Justice Ronald Caryer imposed the $150,000 bail on Felger during a show
cause hearing at Abbotsford provincial court on Monday morning. Felger,
known locally as a marijuana activist, is facing his third charge of
marijuana cultivation in three years after a police search of his property
on Jan. 6 resulted in the apprehension of 2,090 plants and growing
equipment. Twenty-five of those plants were being grown for a Health Canada
medical exemptee. Since Jan. 6, Felger has been in custody at the Fraser
Regional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge.
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford's self-proclaimed marijuana activist Tim Felger
will have to pay a $150,000 bail to get of out jail and allow Abbotsford
police to search his property any time if he is released.
Justice Ronald Caryer imposed the $150,000 bail on Felger during a show
cause hearing at Abbotsford provincial court on Monday morning. Felger,
known locally as a marijuana activist, is facing his third charge of
marijuana cultivation in three years after a police search of his property
on Jan. 6 resulted in the apprehension of 2,090 plants and growing
equipment. Twenty-five of those plants were being grown for a Health Canada
medical exemptee. Since Jan. 6, Felger has been in custody at the Fraser
Regional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge.
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