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MILTON PIIPi ir #f~t~a bILD7IJ4fl Y *vv Lots of pot to go up in smoke after raid of 15 hidden crops EW KAREN S»MIT lb. Champion Police say they've taken $1.5 million from the pockets of pot pro- ducers after seîzîng more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana and arrest- îng two people last week. In an intense two-day, helicopter-assisted drug crackdown,. police sniffed out a total of 15 marijuana crops growing in rural Halton. Seven of the sites were discovered in Milton while the others were found in Burtington and Halton mills. The biggest bust, at Sixth Line and Oerry Road Wednesday, ended with two antasts near a field in which police say pot growers had set up camp to tend their soon-to-be harvested $400,000 crop. Fencing and rat poison to deter animais (rom îndulging in the bumiper crop were found ai the scene. "We've niined these people," said Det. Bruce Mitchell of »the drug and moraily Cops say 'stupidity' caused 401 car crash By KAREN SMITH4 lb. Champion The OPP says "stupidity on the road" Saturday is to blame for a serious Hwy. 401 crash in which two Brampton men face criminal charges. Witnesses to the 4 p.m. crash on the eastbound lanes near Kelso Lake told police a red Chevrolet Camaro and a black BMW were speeding and cutting in and out of traffic just before the Camaro col- lided with a Stizuki in the Ieft lane. Both vehicles spun out of control and stnick the centre median. The Suzuki then rolled over severai times, coming to a reat on its rof. e-e WITNESSES on paop 4 burea. "ibs would have been their liveli- hoodY, A 24-year-old Hamilton man and 25- year-old Mississauga man were arrested after a jogger pointed police in the direc- tion of two people running from a field as the helicopter hovered overhead. The sus- pects face drug and weapons charges. Police are crediting the-use of the newly- purchased chopper as wel as the help of officers from Waterloo Regional Police and the cioderich OPP for the crack- down's success. Experts in Iocating marijuana crops (rom the air, the officers showed Halton police how to spot the pot - only detectabie by a trained eye. "The helicopter easily spotted the grow- -e CROPRS on page 3 7 o gnztions need eped assi!at adi Mensocal eceata Ifssocan hspr alnhor opr two tesach wek 1 ae inoMilnon a Thek or go fora cof cfee polease oeill Ellen at (905) 693-4270. 0 II.UP0 isOW 0 Zoom * &Un faN fair a" 0 0 pizza IM * ausInsu DsOW* e Futurs ShoPa* eM&M Mssts* *Pluoeblng WarshoussO 1. Photo by GRAH4AM PAINE ~Real barn burner A No. 5 Slderod.barn fire called In shortly afler 7:30 s&m. yesterlay was stili bumng et mid-mornlng. Flrefighters batle the stubborn blaz for hours. No one wus hurL The barn was roportedly .mpty. TI* ceuse wesn't known et preas Uime.