FELGER VISITED BY POLICE

Marijuana advocate Tim Felger no sooner began setting up shop in
Mission than the police came calling.

Felger, who was evicted from his Da Kine store in Abbotsford in early
April, was visited by Mission RCMP on Saturday morning after they
received a report of the smell of marijuana in the 33000 block of
North Railway Avenue.

He said he was in the area with some "supporters" fixing up a space he
hopes to turn into an office if he can obtain the required occupancy
permits.

"I'm in the process of starting an organization in Mission that will
put people forward for city council," he said, including himself in
the mix.

Cpl. Raina Siou confirmed police attended the scene.

"We did not locate where the smell (of marijuana) was originating
from," she said, adding no arrests were made.

Felger said RCMP were on site for three and a half hours, but Siou
said they weren't there to keep an eye on Felger the entire time. She
said a beat constable works the downtown core and has many issues to
deal with, including traffic detail.

"We have a lot of work down there," she said of the area, which
consists primarily of businesses.

Felger still plans to battle his former landlord, Dan Banov, in court
over the $53,000 Banov says he is owed in back rent from Felger. Banov
was successful in obtaining a court order to evict Felger.