Pubdate: Sat, 29 Jan 2005
Source: Abbotsford News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 Hacker Press Ltd.
Contact:  http://www.abbynews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1155
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WITHOUT $150K, FELGER STILL IN JAIL

Tim Felger remains in jail three weeks after he was first arrested for 
marijuana cultivation, trying to scrape up the $150,000 at which his bail 
has been set.

"I ain't got $150,000, your honour, so I don't think I'm going to make 
bail," Felger said Thursday morning during a brief court appearance in 
Abbotsford provincial court for his third set of cultivation charges in 
three years.

On Monday, Judge Ron Caryer set bail at $150,000.

Among his bail conditions is a proviso allowing a police officer to attend 
his Bradner Road property unannounced at least two times per month to check 
for a marijuana grow operation.

Defence lawyer Dale Pedersen said the condition is "very, very uncommon.

"I haven't heard of it before," he said.

Several friends of Felger were in court, including Carol Gwilt, the 
Vancouver pot cafe operator who was arrested last year.

She's surprised at how high Felger's bail has been set at, and said the 
condition that officers can show up at his property likely bothers Felger.

"He's just so persecuted," said another woman.

Carlisle has a Health Canada license to grow pot for medicinal use, and 
said he was using Felger's location until the bust three weeks ago.

Police say 2,090 pot plants were on the property.

Felger is charged with production of pot, possession of a controlled 
substance and breach of an undertaking or recognizance and returns to court 
on Feb. 3 for an arraignment hearing.

He was charged with the same drug offences as well as two weapons offences 
in 2003.

That case is scheduled to go to trial in April, some six weeks after his 
trial for January 2002 cultivation charges gets underway.
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