-- TORONTO -- The lawyer for a North York couple accused of growing and trafficking marijuana says he fears the Crown will try to take their home if they are found guilty.More to the point... why does Tam Ngoc Tran think he should be exempt from the law of this land?
Tam Ngoc Tran, 60, and Lien Thi Pham, 55, are charged.
It is alleged 490 plants -- some almost a metre high -- were found when officers from the Toronto drug squad raided their Driftwood Ave. townhouse in January 2007.
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RELATED: Dope... the victimless crime
After six passersby stumbled upon the grow-op near an ATV trail last October, they were beaten, robbed and held captive for hours by the suspects, police said.**********
"They were accosted at gunpoint ... one individual was shot at," OPP Det. Insp. Ken Leppert said at a news conference on Tuesday.
"All of these six victims were forcibly confined in one way or another for several hours and robbed of their identification and cellular phones."
LAST WORD: Prostitution... the other victimless crime
Or so saith the loony left...
Police believe it's one of the first human trafficking convictions since legislation was enacted in November 2005 to deal with offenders caught placing others under their control and living off the avails of prostitution.*
In pleading guilty, Nakpamgi admitted he was well aware the girls he put to work were juveniles, aged 14 and 15, court heard.