ABBOTSFORD MARIJUANA ACTIVIST ARRESTED

Abbotsford Police arrested marijuana activist and recent political
candidate Tim Felger at his downtown store Wednesday evening.

Wielding a warrant issued under the Controlled Drug and Substances
Act, patrol officers and the drug squad busted the Da Kine shop on
Essendene Avenue just after 5 p.m.

Abbotsford Police Sgt. Howard Olson said Felger sells drug
paraphernalia out of the shop front.

"I don't know specifically what was found. I know drug product as
well as paraphernalia was seized."

He did not say what charges, if any, Felger would be facing.

The infamous Da Kine store is plastered with signs decrying the drug
war and calling for an end to drug prohibition.

Felger - who ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the
recent federal, municipal and provincial elections - has been
arrested by Abbotsford Police numerous times.

He has staged numerous marijuana smoke-ins at the store and local
parks over the years.

As he was escorted out of the store by a drug squad officer garbed in
a black balaclava, Felger was vocal in his assessment of the situation.

"Remember the drug war and all the kids that died!" he yelled.

"This is just killing the kids left and right, and they're arresting
me for marijuana."