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vi fwuft fcj 10 economist suntribune crime thursday nov 18 1999 pk business depot loblaws the sports authority sears the bay biway scarborough auto section leon fireplace zellers ap todays homes unionvijle y shaw iga- markham canadian tire milliken- ymca double double pizza chicken north durham real estate iga stouffville mdg computers iii sqbeys canadian fire- stouffville harveys norma emery annes fabrics loblaws- richmond hill 3 for 1 pizza wings klein horsman j i canadian tire richmond hill canadian tire aurora loblaws newmarket no one can deliver results like we dp to book your flyer distribution call markham 905 2948244 stouffville 905 economist sun selected areas only st ouffrlftt i with this coupon receive 25 offthe regular price of any single item limit one coupon per family per day offer excludes ftd rower orders frdepl 56 items coupon valid only until december 2 1999 at our markham location only fresh you willfind all the christmas indoor outdoor decorating ideas youll need for a perfeclchristmas season fresh christmas gilt plants including poinsettias f res h trees garland boughs t wreaths oh smell the fragrance fancy ususal boxwood garland fir wreaths weall iculletj i the only garden cenlres offering air miles reward miles and a spectacular christmas guaranteed shop grow earn 1 air mile reward mile with evebyilo youspend glhien store hours m0nfri9am9pm satsunhol 9am6pmi t i 1 i 4 i t t aw v t i i 1 t xi 1 s t ii w hi ifiwp- markham 6579highway7 9052948000 uarkham 6 stouffvue k hospital e r uj hwy 7 ib markham 1 i k by christopher douris staff reporter r york regional police investigating a commercial breakin monday got more than they bargained for when they found forged credit cards valued at 9 i million fraud squad detconst mike elliott said uniform officers were called to a breakin at a leslie street business com plex early monday after a security guard on duty for the property man- agers discovered a front door kicked in the officers discovered a large quan tity of blank crectitcards in boxes on top ofadesk a they secured the building and called the fraud squad elliott said the 2500 cards are nonembossed nonericdded and of fairly good quality he said basejdan the niinimum value of the cards which rangesfrom 5000 to 20bopthe estimated street value of the haul is 9 million v the quantity of credit cards gives us cause for concern he said at some point they could be embossed with a vaiid bank number arid encoded with the corresponding information police arrested the owner of a reno vation business in the office where the cards were feundvthere was no embossing equipment or electronic equipment elliott said so he doesnt know if cards were being forged on the site he added there were no embossed or encoded cards found during the search s the bogus visa cards included copies of staff photomike barrett detconst mike elliott of the york regional police fraud squad displays one of 2500 blank credit cards recov ered during the investigation of a breakin at a richmond hiu business first usa platinum cards chase royal cibc ariddesjardin gold cards the high quality cards were created printed produced for fraud theyre pretty good elliott said we dont know where they were made my guess is hong kong police are investigating whether the business which occupied the premises was legitimate or a front for the credit card operation at least one other person is under investigation elliott said there aire several other people asso ciated with the business and wed like to talk to them a 47yearold richmond hill man faces possession of forged credit cards and possession of instruments of forgery charges bunnies tripped of liquor license by christopher douris a markham strip club is dry after toronto police and liquor inspectors served an interim liquor licence suspen sion tuesday night according to a police source familiar with the investigation the order calling for an irimediate prohibition of the sale of alcohol at bunnies was signed by alcohol and gaming corrimission chairperson claire lewis earlier in the evening and served by officers at 9 prn they stopped serving last- night the source said they were selling pop last night for exorbitant prices the suspension was a result of project almonzp a joint police project targeting strip clubs operating as broth els police raided theianderson avenue baroct15 police set up mekirryestigation after- hearing about women from eastern europe and south and central america being brought to ada under false pretenses and forced to work as prosti tutes in torontoarea strip clubs there- was no evidence of dancers being lured to bunnies under false pre- tenses police said after the raid police arrested 19 people including v four operating in management capaci ties at the club most of those people are to make their next court appearance nov 26 police allege sexual services suchvas masturbation oral sex and intercourse were available in the clubs vip rooms also during the raid police found two computers in a private areaof the clubhooked up tpjvidep cameras which had the potential to be used on the internet carjacking thwarted york regional police are crediting timely intervention by observant citil zens for thwarting a carjacking outside art upscale richmond hill restaurant shortly after 4 pm tuesday citizens alerted police about a suspicious vehicle parked in the lot at papparazzi restaurant on west beaver creek road sgt john sheldon said officers found two men inside a stolen 1992 chevrolet lurnina police found two repuca handguns when they arrested the men further investigation revealed the pair had targeted a 1997 mercedes for carjacking two tprbrrrire tojappein court yesterday morning for abilhoar- irigon dangerous weapons conspiracy to i commit robbery theft over 5000 and possession over 50q0 charges student abducted and assaulted a richmond hill student was snatched from the parking- lot of bayview secondary school arid beaten by six people around noon the leryearbidwasin the parking lot of the school when a red fusizemcvan pulleiuj5 one- occupant gotout talked to the victim then grabbed him and forced him into the van they drove to another location a short distance away beat the victimand took some property the victim suffered a broken nose andother minor injuries i v r i 1 if i t t t 1 t v v t- it