Pubdate: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) Copyright: 2004 The Calgary Sun Contact: http://www.fyicalgary.com/calsun.shtml Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67 Author: Canadian Press Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) POT CAFE PUTS UP TOKIN' RESISTANCE VANCOUVER -- The pot business was smoking yesterday as hundreds dropped in to visit Da Kine cafe, raided last week for openly selling marijuana to customers. Owner Carol Gwilt said people were showing up to offer their support after Thursday's well-publicized police bust. "People are coming out in droves to support us," said 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. The casually-dressed, youngish crowd came in yesterday as much for the shop's notoriety as for 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. A police squad car was parked a block away while another pulled into a side street, out of view. "We know who the undercover officers are," said Lorne McLeod, a member of Da Kine's management team. - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager