MG> Police raid offices of 2 B.C. ministers

MG> Last Updated Sun, 28 Dec 2003 21:25:49

MG> VANCOUVER - Police raided the legislature offices of two British Columbia
MG> cabinet ministers Sunday, but they weren't investigating the ministers.

MG> RCMP Cpl. Ian Lawson said they were investigating staff who work in the
MG> personal offices of Finance Minister Gary Collins and Transportation Minister
MG> Judith Reid. The staff, who are political appointees and not civil servants,
MG> were not named.

MG> Two hours after executing search warrants, teams of RCMP and Victoria police
MG> took away files and correspondence. There were also raids in other
locations in
MG> Victoria and the province.

MG> Victoria police Chief Paul Battershill said the teams included officers from
MG> the RCMP's commercial crime, drug and organized crime units. Police said the
MG> raids were part of a major probe dating back 20 months.

Fascinating, isn't it?  And no word yet on what it was all about.  
There's supposed to be a news conference about it today so we should know by 
the time you read this.

Oh.

Nevermind.

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