SIX DETAINED IN CAFE RAID

VANCOUVER -- Officers in a convoy of about 30 cruisers surrounded a
cafe accused of selling marijuana, securing surrounding alley ways and
erecting barricades to keep back angry crowds. Six people were
detained in the raid, which comes a day after B.C.'s Solicitor General
encouraged police to crack down on the Da Kine Cafe.

Officers have been letting it conduct business as usual despite
glaring media reports that it openly sells marijuana over the counter.

Spokeswoman Sarah Bloor said police have been aware of the cafe, that
it has been on their radar but that it takes time to methodically
build a case.

Police were executing a search warrant last night that Bloor said had
been thoroughly investigated.

"If people are blatantly drug trafficking, they can expect a visit.
The Vancouver Police Department has to uphold the law," she said.

"We don't respond to political or public opinion. We have not received
any complaints with regard to this particular cafe. When they openly
flaunted their activity, we felt it necessary to act."