MORE ARRESTS PENDING IN B.C. DRUG MURDERS

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. -- More arrests are expected in a massive investigation
into several drug murders in British Columbia in the mid-1990s, says a
lawyer for two men already charged.

Paul McMurray said yesterday that Crown documents show police are targeting
several people -- possibly four or five -- in the case, which police have
said has links to the Cali drug cartel in Colombia.

"There are other arrests that are likely to happen as a result of this
investigation," said McMurray, who represents Robert Moyes and Mark Therrien.

McMurray also confirmed a high-profile undercover informant plays an
important part in the police investigation of the case.

Therrien, who was arrested Friday and charged with five counts of
first-degree murder in the Abbotsford killings, made his first court
appearance yesterday. Moyes was charged a week ago with the Abbotsford
killings, as well as the first-degree murders of a couple in the Vancouver
suburb of Burnaby in December Therrien, 38, was remanded in custody for
another court appearance Aug. 19. Moyes appears again in Abbotsford court
Aug. 22.

"Other arrests are definitely pending," said Const. Shinder Kirk, a
spokesman for Abbotsford police.

"I'm not prepared to discuss where those arrests may occur."