Pubdate: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB) Copyright: 2004, Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.canoe.com/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135 Author: Canadian Press Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) POT SHOP POPULAR VANCOUVER -- The pot business was smoking yesterday as hundreds of Vancouverites dropped in to visit Da Kine cafe, raided last week for openly selling marijuana to customers. "People are coming out in droves to support us," said owner Carol Gwilt, who spent Thursday night in jail and is charged with benefiting from the proceeds of crime. Police - some wearing balaclavas - seized $63,000 in cash and 9.5 kg of marijuana from the shop Thursday. Seven staff members were charged. Yesterday's casually dressed, youngish crowd was lured as much by the shop's notoriety as by the opportunity to buy high-grade marijuana for $10 a gram. Down the street from Da Kine, the pungent aroma of burning weed could be smelled as a threesome rolled joints and toked up. - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager