Exhibit 4-D
Issue Three
The correct version of the event in question is supported
by documentary evidence and unfolded as follows.
On the evening of January 22, 1991, a US resident called a
US Customs Inspector at the Maida Port in North Dakota and informed him
that he was going to be attending to the Canadian Port of Snowflake to
discuss an outstanding Canadian arrest warrant. This precipitated a
telephone call from US Customs to a Canadian Customs Inspector at the
Snowflake Port.
The Canadian Customs Inspector was aware of the
outstanding arrest warrant since the US resident was a known liquor
smuggler. The Canadian Customs Inspector telephoned the RCMP
Detachment in Manitou, Manitoba and informed an RCMP officer that the US
resident had called and was enroute to the Snowflake Port.
The RCMP were at a juncture in their investigation of the
US resident who was a named co-conspirator in a liquor smuggling operation
involving other US residents and Canadians. The RCMP were aware that
their warrant for him was weak and were exploring options for his role in
the conclusion of their investigation. One of the considerations was
bargaining away the arrest warrant in exchange for his cooperation as an
informant against other smugglers.
Due to the various possible roles that the US resident
could play in the resolution of the RCMP conspiracy case, a decision was
made by the RCMP to tell the Canadian Customs Inspector to allow the US
resident to ask his questions and return to the US and that the RCMP would
not be attending to the Port.
When the US resident arrived at the Snowflake Port, the
Canadian Customs Inspector again called the Manitou RCMP Detachment.
During this telephone call, the US resident also had a conversation with
an RCMP officer. It was mutually decided between him and the RCMP
officer that a meeting would take place in Langdon, North Dakota.
After the telephone call with the RCMP officer, the US
resident returned to the US. On May 8, 1991, two RCMP officers from
the Manitou RCMP Detachment attended to the Sheriff's Office in Langdon,
North Dakota, and met with the suspect.
The US resident in question was never arrested or
prosecuted. On December 10, 1997, the NCO in charge of the Manitou
RCMP Detachment wrote to the Federal Crown and requested that the
information's be stayed against the US residents that allegedly conspired
to smuggle liquor into Canada. In addition, a request for the
withdrawal of the arrest warrants was also made. This request was
made because the US residents had not been active in smuggling since
approximately 1990 and of the two alleged Canadian conspirators, one was
dead and the other's whereabouts were unknown. In early 1998 the
request was complied with.
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