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Grow-Op Bust Ends In Death
Pubdate: Sun, 08 May 2005
Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON)
Copyright: 2005, Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact: http://torontosun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/457
Author: Chris Doucette
GROW-OP BUST ENDS IN DEATH
Woman Falls From 15TH Floor
A 45-YEAR-OLD woman, apparently trying to elude police, plunged 15 storeys
to her death at an apartment building in the city's west end early yesterday.
Toronto Police arrived around 1 a.m. at a 15th-floor apartment at 10 Martha
Eaton Way, just west of Tretheway Dr. and Black Creek Dr., to investigate a
complaint of leaking water.
But when officers knocked on the door, residents of the unit refused to
open it, police said.
As officers waited to gain entry, police allege Thi Thuy Pham -- one of two
women in the apartment -- attempted to flee over the balcony by climbing to
another one a floor below. However, she apparently slipped and fell to her
death.
Officers later gained access to the unit and discovered a marijuana grow
operation inside. Police say a large number of the plants had been harvested.
A second female resident of the apartment was later arrested. Thu Nguyen,
33, faces charges of producing marijuana and possession of marijuana for
the purpose of trafficking. She is to appear in bail court at Old City Hall
today.
A mound of fresh flowers and several sticks of burning incense lay on the
grass at the rear of the building last night marking the scene of Pham's death.
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