31. On November 17, 1995, I read a copy of "The Truth At Last",
a publication edited by Dr. E.R. FIELDS. This publication was formerly
called "The Thunderbolt" and is a white supremacist paper. The
issue which I read mentions THURSTON as an "Agent of ZOG", which
stands for the Zionist Occupational Government. Dr. FIELDS and "The
Thunderbolt" are one of the ten victims listed on the communiqué
sent by the Anti-Fascist Militia. The name "The Thunderbolt"
was no longer being used at the time of sending of the mouse trap letters.
32. On December 1, 1995, I was advised by Cst. Wade SPARKS, Edmonton RCMP
General Investigation Special Projects Unit, and verily believe it to be
true, that:
(a) On September 5, 1995, Darren Todd THURSTON attended at his lawyer's
office in preparation for turning himself in on the now outstanding Unlawfully
At Large charge. Darren Todd THURSTON was taken into custody in the Edmonton
Remand Centre.
(b) On September 14, 1995, Darren Todd THURSTON was released from the Edmonton
Remand Centre on a $1,000.00 bail. THURSTON was to attend court in Edmonton
on September 15, 1995 to answer to the Unlawfully At Large charge.
(c) On September 18, 1995 he had been advised that Darren Todd THURSTON
had appeared in court on September 15, 1995, and had entered a Not Guilty
plea to the Unlawfully At Large charge.
(d) Darren Todd THURSTON's trial date was set for November 10, 1995 in
Edmonton.
(e) Darren Todd THURSTON was confirmed as residing at 653 Jenner Cove,
Edmonton, Alberta.
(f) The phone number to that residence is (403) 465-3462 and the subscriber
name is A.J. McINNES. This is the only phone service into the residence
and it has been in service since May 17, 1994. There are no cellular telephone
subscribers listed as using this Jenner Cove address.
33. On November 30, 1996, I was advised by Cst. Robert POWERS of Edmonton
Police Service, and verily believe it to be true, that Darren Todd THURSTON
was required to reside with his mother Donna McINNES at 653 Jenner Cove,
Edmonton, Alberta from January 20, 1995 to September 10, 1995.
34. THURSTON travelled to Edmonton, Alberta on December 19, 1996 to visit
his mother and stayed at her home at 653 Jenner Cove in Edmonton.
35. On December 13, 1995, I was advised by Constable Paul DESBIENS ("Cst.
DESBIENS") of Vancouver NSIS, and verily believe it to be true, that:
(a) On October 13th and 14th, 1995, he was part of a surveillance team
that was following Darren Todd THURSTON and David Nathan BARBARASH in Vancouver,
British Columbia.
(b) On October 14, 1995, at approximately 1500 hrs, he was advised by Cst.
Michael PIM of Vancouver RCMP Special "O" Section, whom Cst.
DESBIENS verily believes, that Cst. PIM observed Darren Todd THURSTON to
enter the Lower Mainland Mini-Storeroom ("Lower Mainland Mini-Storeroom")
situated at 1396 Richards Street, Vancouver, B.C. carrying a dark brown
file box.
(c) On October 14, 1995, he was advised by Constable Mark SKOTNICKI ("Cst.
SKOTNICKI") of Vancouver RCMP Special "O" section who he
verily believes.
(i) That he observed Darren Todd THURSTON to rent locker number 5525 at
the Lower Mainland Mini-Storeroom situated at 1696 Richards Street, Vancouver,
B.C.
(ii) That he observed Darren THURSTON to rent locker number 5525 using
the assumed name of Steve TREMBLE and an address of 1872 West 6th Avenue,
Vancouver, B.C.
(iii) That Darren THURSTON was observed to pay one hundred and sixty dollars
in cash for the rental of locker 5525 until March of 1996
(iv) He overheard the manager of Mini Storage facility ask Darren THURSTON
for identification to which Darren THURSTON replied that he did not have
any identification.
(v) He then observed Darren THURSTON to carry the dark brown file box down
the locker corridor towards locker 5525 and then reappear at the office
are without the file box approximately 15 seconds later. Cst. SKOTNICKI
then attended at locker 5525 and found that it was now locked with a padlock
on it.
(vi) He observed Darren THURSTON to depart the Lower Mainland Mini-Storeroom
without the brown file box.
(d) The address 1872 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. that Darren THURSTON
used on the locker rental is a fictitious address.
36. On December 5, 1995, I was advised by Cst. PARKE and verily believe
that:
(a) He was the informant on an Information to Obtain a Search Warrant in
reference to a Search Warrant for THURSTON's locker # 5525 at the Lower
Mainland Mini-Storeroom, 1696 Richards Street, Vancouver, B.C.
(b) On November 3, 1995, he appeared before His Honour Judge JAMES, a Provincial
Court Judge for the Province of Alberta, and was granted a Search Warrant
for Locker #5525.
(c) He was also the informant on an information To Obtain a Search Warrant
for the subscriber information and long distance tolls for the phone situated
at 653 Jenner Cove, Edmonton, Alberta, phone number (403) 465 - 3462.
(d) On October 10, 1995, he appeared before Judge M. MALONEY, a Provincial
Court Judge for the Province of Alberta, and was granted a Search Warrant
for the long distance tolls for number (403) 465 - 3462.
(e) On November 6, 1995, he and Cst. Ed TURCO, also of the Calgary RCMP
General Investigation Section, travelled to Vancouver to meet with the
Vancouver investigators and to execute the Search Warrant on THURSTON's
locker #5525.
(f) On November 7, 1995, he attended 222 Main Street, Vancouver, and met
with Elizabeth THOMSON, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Province
of British Columbia, who signed an endorsement of the Search Warrant under
Section 528 of the Criminal Code of Canada, authorizing the execution of
the Search Warrant within the Province of British Columbia.
37. On November 7, 1995, I was advised by Cpl. FORESTELL of Vancouver NSIS,
and verily believe it to be true, that on that date:
(a) He attended at Lower Mainland Mini-Storeroom, 1396 Richards Street,
Vancouver, B.C. along with Cst. Don PARKE and Cst. Ed TURCO of the Calgary
RCMP General Investigation Section and investigators from Vancouver NSIS
and executed the Search Warrant on locker # 5525.
(b) Cpl. John Johnson, of the Vancouver RCMP Security Engineering Section,
attended at 1396 Richards Street, and gained access to locker # 5525. The
brown file box that THURSTON had been observed with on October 14, 1995
was located inside locker # 5525.
(c) C/M Ken LANE and C/M Cliff KUZMACK, of the Vancouver RCMP Explosives
Disposal Unit, examined the file box for any potential danger from explosives.
They determined the file box was safe to examine.
(d) The contents of the box included a black baseball cap, a black pair
of running shoes, two large and one smaller sealed envelopes and a Realistic
brand 40 channel transceiver contained in a Styrofoam box. The serial numbers
for the transceiver had been scratched off.
(e) One of the two large envelopes contained 30 smaller, unaddressed, unsealed
envelopes and 9 legal size unaddressed, unsealed envelopes.
(i) The 30 envelopes contained a communiqué style warning letter
addressed to the "Anima Killing Scum" from the "Justice
Department". These envelopes also contained 30 yellow index type cards
which had a razor blade taped to one end. The razor blades had been precisely
fitted on the cards to allow them to be sealed in the envelopes and go
undetected until the unsuspecting recipient had opened them, and potentially
causing bodily harm. The accompanying letters stated that the razor blade
had been coated in rat poison.
(ii) The 9 legal sized envelopes contained a press release dated July,
1995, about the razor blade campaign and stated that 65 razor blade envelopes
had been sent to guide outfitters in British Columbia.
(f) The contents of the second large envelope contained smaller white envelopes
which individually contained:
(1) Various pieces of identification in the names of:
Bruce Darrin TURNER (Date of Birth: 1966.06.24)
Kelly John WHITE (Date of Birth: 1966.07.15)
Andrew James MACLACHLAN (Date of Birth: 1968.05.29)
Leanne Marie GAUTHIER (Date of Birth: 1969.01.27)
One of the pieces of ID in the name of Kelly John WHYTE is a British Columbia
identification card with a photograph of a male person whom members of
Vancouver NSIS recognize as Darren Todd THURSTON. This identification was
issued on May 30, 1995.
(ii) Nine hundred and fifty dollars ($950.00) in American Express Travellers
cheques (Canadian Currency) all signed with name of Darren THURSTON.
(iii) Fifty dollars in cash (Canadian Currency).
(iv) A memo book containing what appears to be Animal Rights target addresses
in England.
(v) A photocopy of a book on how to make explosives including a pipe bomb.
(vi) A list of radical press houses, as well as businesses that deal in
electronics, surveillance equipment, soft body armour, and various other
businesses.
(vii) Five (5) nine volt battery connectors which are black in colour and
have a black wire and a red wire extending from the "head". The
"head" of the connector is longer than it is wide and has a distinctive
flap on one side.
(viii) A zip lock plastic bag containing an unknown repugnant yellow gelatinous
substance.
(g) The smaller envelope contained what appeared to be a traveller's hotel
intruder alarm.
(h) That the five nine volt battery connectors in a white envelope, one
brown envelope with a razor blade card and communiqué, 7 white envelopes
which had contained items previously listed, one first class envelope,
brown envelope containing one of the press release letters, a sample of
the unknown repugnant, yellow gelatinous substance, and photocopies of
all documents found in the file box were seized by Cst. Ed TURCO.
(i) That the items listed in sub-paragraph (h) were replaced with similar
looking items except for the index card with the razor blade taped to it
and the envelope it was contained in, and the sample of the unknown gelatinous
substance.
(j) That all the items contained in the file box except the items seized,
as mentioned in sub-paragraph (h) were photographed for evidentiary purposes.
(k) That the file box was replaced into locker # 5525 and was locked as
not to avoid detection by THURSTON or BARBARASH if it were to be checked
in the future by them.
(l) That on November 8, 1995 the items seized by Cst. Ed TURCO from the
locker were turned over to Cpl. FORESTELL.
(m) On November 9, 1995, he turned over the sample of the gelatinous substance
and the five nine volt battery connectors over to the C/M A.D. BEVERIDGE,
Ph.D., Section Head, Forensic Scientist, Chemistry Section, of the RCMP
Forensic Laboratory in Vancouver.
(n) On December 5, 1995, he turned over to C/M a.D. BEVERIDGE of the RCMP
Forensic Laboratory a nine volt battery connector with red and black wires,
and a bundle of 2.5 inch common nails which he had received from Special
Constable GABRIEL which had been retrieved from the SCOTT parcel pipe bomb.
38. On March 25, 1996, I checked the Police Information Retrieval System
("PIRS") and the Canadian Police Information Centre computers
and obtained the following information:
(a) The name of Bruce Darren TURNER, born June 24, 1966, which was found
on a piece of identification in THURSTON's locker, shows as being on file
as a victim of lost or stolen identification on December 1, 1991.
(b) The other three names, Kelly John WHYTE, Andrew James MacLACHLAN, and
Leanne Marie GAUTHIER, showed no records on file.
(c) There is no criminal record indicated for any of the four names.
39. On December 7 and December 12, 1995, I was advised by C/M A.D. BEVERIDGE,
Vancouver RCMP Forensic Laboratory, and verily believe it to be true that
he is a qualified analyst in chemistry with the RCMP Forensic Laboratory.
He performed various tests and comparisons on the seized exhibits from
all four parcel pipe bombs. From those tests and comparisons he performed,
he has concluded that:
(a) There was explosive residue identified as single base smokeless powder
in the ALTA GENETICS INC. and ZUNDEL pipe bombs. There was no explosive
residue identified in the SCOTT and MACKENZIE INSTITUTE bombs.
(b) That the only intact mousetrap was from the SCOTT pipe bomb and identified
as a "Victor" brand. The ALTA GENETICS INC. and ZUNDEL pipe bomb
mousetraps were in pieces. There was a partially destroyed mousetrap from
the MACKENZIE INSTITUTE bomb which was a "Victor" brand as well.
(c) The mousetrap wiring was identified in the SCOTT and ZUNDEL pipe bombs.
There was 7-strand copper "speaker" wire with clear insulation
on the SCOTT bomb and single strand copper wire with black insulation on
the ZUNDEL bomb. There were no wires attached on the ALTA GENETICS INC.
bomb mousetrap and copper speaker wire was found attached on the MACKENZIE
INSTITUTE mousetrap.
(d) There was glue present on the underside of the wooden base on the mousetraps
from the SCOTT and ALTA GENETICS INC. bombs. There was no glue found on
the ZUNDEL bomb, however, there was glue found on the mousetrap from the
MACKENZIE INSTITUTE parcel pipe bomb.
(e) All four bombs used nine volt batteries. The SCOTT bomb utilized a
Duracell nine volt expiry January 2000: the ALTA GENETICS INC. bomb utilized
a Duracell nine volt expiry January 1999; the ZUNDEL bomb utilized a Safeway
nine volt; and the MACKENZIE INSTITUTE bomb utilized a Duracell nine volt
expiry 1999.
(f) The bombs sent to SCOTT and MACKENZIE INSTITUTE are confirmed to have
used black plastic nine volt battery connectors with black and red wires.
The ALTA GENETICS INC. bomb had remnants of a similar battery connector
which is strongly suspected as being the same type of connector.
(g) That these nine volt battery connectors are generic in nature but significant
in the fact that they are all the same type used in the bombs.
(h) That the nine volt battery connectors seized from THURSTON's locker
# 5525 on November 7, 1995 are identical in colour, dimension and composition
as the type used in the SCOTT and MACKENZIE INSTITUTE parcel pipe bombs.
The remnants of the connector from the ALTA GENETICS INC. parcel pipe bomb
are very similar in construction to the connectors found in THURSTON's
locker.
(i) The "speaker" wire used in two of the four bombs was 7-strand
copper wire which was attached to the mousetrap in the SCOTT bomb; and
was attached to the battery connector in the MACKENZIE INSTITUTE bomb.
In the ALTA GENETICS INC. bomb, 7-strand silver "speaker" wire
was found loose.
(j) There were nails found in all four bombs which had been secured to
the actual pipe. There were 103 - 2 inch common nails in the ALTA GENETICS
INC. bomb. 91 - 2.5 inch finishing nails in the ZUNDEL bomb, 69 - 2 inch
common nails in the MACKENZIE INSTITUTE bomb.
(k) That the ALTA GENETICS INC. and the ZUNDEL bombs had alligator clips
that had "Made in Korea" and "J" logo stamped on them.
No clips were recovered in the other two bombs.
(l) The pipe fragments in the SCOTT bomb were described as approximately
2 inches in length, approximately 2.25 inches outside diameter, while the
ALTA GENETICS INC. pipe fragments were described as 4 inches in length
estimated to be 1.5 inches outside diameter from measurement of end cap
fragments.
(m) The end caps of the pipe bomb in the SCOTT bomb are described as approximately
2. 25 inches inside diameter, approximately 3 inches outside diameter,
while the hole measured 5.32 inches (approximately 4 mm). The end caps
of the pipe bomb in the ALTA GENETICS INC. bomb are described as approximately
1.5 inches diameter, approximately 2 inches outside diameter. The hole
measures 7.32 inches (approximately 5 mm).
(n) In two of the parcel pipe bombs, a clear tape was used to secure the
battery connectors to length of "speaker" wire. The clear tape
is identical in both cases.
(o) In the SCOTT bomb, microscopic threads from a dark piece of clothing
were found adhered to the piece of tape. The threads were there prior to
the bomb detonating.
40. On December 13, 1995, I was advised by C/M Greg SMITH, of the Vancouver
RCMP Forensic Laboratory, Document Section, and verily believe it to be
true, that he is an examiner of questioned documents, qualified in Court,
and has been for two and a half years. That he performed various tests
and comparisons on the exhibits provided to him during the course of this
investigation. That from those tests he has made the following conclusion:
(a) the communiqués from the MDATF which had been sent to the Vancouver
Sun newspaper were printed either from a laser printer or were photocopies
of original documents. They were not typewritten.
41. On November 6, 1995, I rented locker # 5523 at the Lower Mainland Mini-Storeroom
at 1396 Richards Street. This locker is directly adjacent to locker #5525
which was rented by THURSTON under an assumed name on October 14, 1995.
I marked locker #5525 in such a way that if opened by anyone, it would
be known to myself but not detected by anyone opening the locker. I checked
locker #5525 on a regular basis since the execution of the search warrant
on November 7, 1995, until the execution of a warrant on December 29, 1995
and confirmed the locker had not been opened. From December 29, 1995 until
January 10, 1995, the locker was checked sporadically and it was discovered
that the locker had been opened on January 5, 1996. On January 12, 1996
I executed a warrant on locker #5525 and from that time until March 30,
1996, the locker was not opened. On March 31, 1996, I replaced my covert
markers on the lockers which remained intact until April 2, 1996, at which
time I executed a warrant on locker #5525. Following the execution of the
warrant, I replaced my covert markers. On January 20, 1997, I observed
that my markers were missing. On January 21, 1997, I executed a warrant
on locker # 5525 after which time I replaced my markers. They have remained
intact until the present time.
42. On December 29, 1995, I appeared before the Honourable Judge Godfrey,
a Judge of the Provincial Court for the Province of British Columbia, and
swore an Information to Obtain a Warrant pursuant to Section 487.01 of
the Criminal Code of Canada.
43. On December 29, 1995, Judge Godfrey granted a Warrant pursuant to Section
487.01 of the Criminal Code of Canada authorizing Peace Officers to enter
locker #5525 located at the Lower Mainland Mini-Storeroom, 1396 Richards
Street, Vancouver, British Columbia and to do the following things:
(a) To mark certain contents of the box with an ultra-violet marking pen,
namely the inside of the envelopes containing the index cards to which
razor blades have been attached, in order to be able to identify these
envelopes should any be mailed to any persons, and the baseball cap.
44. On December 29, 1995, I attended along with other peace officers, at
locker #5525, situated at the Lower Mainland Mini-Storeroom, 1396 Richards
Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, and executed the Warrant granted by
Judge Godfrey and did the things as described in Paragraph 42 of this information
to obtain, except for the marking of the baseball cap.
45. The file box was placed back into locker #5525 and the locker was locked.
I marked the locker in such a manner that if opened by anyone, it would
be known to myself, but not detected by anyone opening the locker.
46. On January 10, 1996, I was advised by Cpl. FORESTELL, of Vancouver
NSIS, that an article had been published in the Victoria Times-Colonist
newspaper on this date, in reference to an envelope being received at the
newspaper office. The envelope had contained a second envelope in which
there was an index card with a razor blade attached to it. The article
had indicated there were two written messages contained in the envelopes
addressed to guide outfitters of British Columbia and Alberta claiming
to be sent by Animal Rights groups, specifically the "Justice Department".
Cpl. FORESTELL also advised that the Victoria City Police were investigating
the incident. I personally obtained a copy of the Times-Colonist newspaper
and read the article. There was a colour photograph on the front page of
the newspaper of the envelope containing the index card with the razor
blade attached to it. The article stated that the messages contained with
the card and razor blade had indicated the razor blades were smeared with
rat poison. The article also stated that the razor blades had been tested
by a scientist at the University of Victoria, Mr. Reg MITCHELL, who apparently
found no traces of any rat poison or any kind of poisonous substance. The
article further stated that the Victoria Police were investigating a report
of a Duncan resident receiving one of the envelopes.