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economist suntribune crime thursday sept 26 2002 staff photomike barrett cop sniffs out 4 million in marijuana const steve morrell shows off the truckful of marijuana seized from a markham home on tuesday police estimate the stash at about 4 million by kathleen griffin staff writer a york regional police offi cer with an apparently amaz ing sense of smell was cruis ing a milliken neighbourhood tuesday evening when he detected the odour of mari juana his short investigation resulted in one arrest and the seizure of close to 4 million worth of pot from 212 highglen avenue it was really good work by one officer said const steve morrell the house wasnt being used as a grow lab he explained rather a kind of midpoint between growing and selling it looks like the drugs were shipped into the residence to be dried then shipped out again for packaging he said we believe it is part of an organized chain more than 2700 drying plants were seized worth about 25 million as well as another 1000 pounds of alreadydried mari juana several people were in the home at the time just after 5 pm but when the officer approached the front door they fled out the back they obviously had their escape method planned said const morrell the arrest came about four hours later after a woman reported her car stolen to toronto police officers found it parked in the garage of the highglen house a 41yearold toronto woman is charged with posses sion of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking the investigation is ongoing anyone with information is asked to call 9058811221 ext 7541 or crime stoppers at 1-800- 222tips why is my current electricity bill so high hqtter weather and your bill your current bill may be unusually high consumption and price are directly related to increased temperatures and humidity we have experienced one of the hottest summers on record resulting in increased air conditioning loads especially through the months of july and august remember your current bill represents your consumption for the previous two months due to the hot weather your water consumption is also most likely higher than normal in this open market the price of electricity js based on the spot market price which fluctuates based on demand your bill reflects these fluctuating prices the increased demand for electricity has driven the commodity price upward during this period all these factors contribute to higher than normal summer bills although we experienced recordbreaking temperatures and load requirements the average electricity price since market opening on may 1 2002 is approximately 509 cents per kwh the good news is that as temperatures cool off trjis fall so should the price for updated information on commodity prices visit the independent market operator imo web site atwwwiemocom looking for moreinformation markham hydro visit our web site for current easy to understand information on the new market at wwwmarkhamhydrocom feel free to call our customer accounts department 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