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Pleading guilty earlier were: Francesco Cutrona, 46, of Etobicokc. a brother of Vito Cutrona; and Nicola Asaro. 59, formerly of Con- cord, and his wife. Gaetana, 52. The trial. which just con- cluded in Toronto, brought in guilty verdicts against four of those charged with conspiring to import. traffic and possess heroin for the purposes of trafficking. A fifth, Antonio Sciortino. 40. of Etobieoke. who police shadowed to 11 Maple farm in 1971‘ was acquitted on‘thc charge. Found guilty were: Bene- detto Zizzo. 59. of North York. three counts: Antonio Codispoti. 36. of East York; and Vito Cutrona. 33, of Toronto. Francesco Bellitti‘. 23. a visitor from Sicily, was con- victed of conspiring to im- port heroin. The jury deliberated 18 hours before bringing in its verdictfi’l‘ho trial ran for 49 days. The charges arose after RCMP seized 70 pounds of almost pure heroin with an estimated street value of $32 million. Judge Hugh Honsberger. who said he would probably sentence the seven defend- ants sometime in November, ordered pre-sentenee reports on the Asaros. A house in Concord and a farm at Maple figured prom- inently in the recent trial of eight people. who were in- volved in the 'largest heroin conspiracy case in Ontario history. NOVEMBER SENTENCING Concord House, Maple Farm Had Part In Big Heroin Case Firefighters to contribute to the annual cam- paign to raise funds for research into the cause and cure of Muscular Dystrophy recently. The uniformed policemen and their vehicles passed the helmet and‘collected $1,425.35 Friday even- ing and Saturday morning and afternoon. This was somewhat less than was collected last year in a similar campaign, but this was probably due to the fact that the firefighters and their equipment were called to fight a fire in the kitchen of the Richmond Inn at 7:30 Friday Crowds in Richmond Heights Centre wel- comed the opportunity given by Richmond Hill CLASSICOMM North Yonge Street a Is There Any Excuse? Essential Services a A Drastic Change By 1980 Richmond Hill Planning Director HESSE RIMON SPECIAL SERIES THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thurday, Oct. 11, 1973 Regional Planning Commissioner MURRAY POUND Regional Engineering Director B'OB HODGSON TV 10 firefighters Raise $ I425 For MD NOV. 8 OCT. 11 “When I first entered the room. Zizzo looked as if the world had crumbled around him . . . in the light of my flashlight he looked like a ghost,” Corporal Luciano Nave, a member of the Conâ€" cord raiding party, told the trial. ' The Mounties, who bat- tered in the front door of the house at 6:20 am on January 27, found Zizzo and Mrs. Asaro in separate rooms upstairs and Nicola Asaro The raid climaxed months of surveillance by the RCMP, during which time they used electronic bugs, movie cam- eras, tape recorders, helicop- ters and personal shadowing to keep track of the whereâ€" abouts and record the opera- tions of those involved. Crown Prosecutor Patrick Duffy told the jury that the evidence proved beyond a doubt the accused be- longed to a “high-level. superbly - organized, interna- tionally - connected, heroin ring." operating here on an international level. The trial. which saw 26 witnesses for the prosecution and only oneâ€"â€"Sci01‘tinoâ€"for the defense, unveiled a cloak- and-dagger operation as in- triguing as any Hollywood thriller. with the Mounties seemingly in command all the way. The RCMP investigation began in January, 1971 and ended in January. 1973, after a raid on the Asaro home in Concord. All the aCCUSed except Bel- liti were born in the Sicilian village of Vita. Belliti was born six miles away in Sal- emi. with HOW DO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS AFFECT YOU .’_ MTHuRSDAvs ON CABLE 10 BEGINNING AT 1 P.M. ¢ _ And at the Top of Each Hour Until Midnight - After the Canadaâ€"bound passengers were put on a bus from New York to Montreal, Bellitti, who was 'one of them. was constantly shad- 0\\ed by RCMP. UNUSUAL SEARCH This even entailed RCMP agents scouring New York for some similar flower-pat- terned lining for one of the trunks, which had been torn during the removal of the panelling. Following the raid on the Concord home, RCMP arrest- ed Codispoti, Sciortini and the Cutronas at their homes. He was later followed to Toronto, where plainclothes RCMP, who received eo-i operation throughout the in-' vestigation from 11.8. eus-: toms and drug agents, tookl the trunks apart in New} York. where the ship carry-I ing Bellitti ‘had first gene} because of a storm. All but two of the bags of heroini were replaced with plastic bags containing flour. and the trunks were put back together. In the basement, Corporal Enzo Santori found Frances- co Cutrona. also with a crow- bar in his hands, standing next to a trunk, which had one white plastic bag visible through a broken section of side panelling. The trunk, which was brought over to North Amer- ica by Bellitti. was one of two which originally con- tained 52 bags of heroin hidden in false sides and bottoms. told standing at the top of the basement stairs with a crow- bar in his hands. court was evening and were not able to be present on the Heights parking area during the busiest part of the evening. However, they wish to thank all who contributed for being,r so patient and making their donations. Those who were missed may take their donations to the Richâ€" mond Hill Fire Hall and an opportunity will also be available to contribute during the “Open House” scheduled for October 13. Firefighter Barry Pollard is seen above on the Heights with his helmet all ready for donations. Richmond Hill â€"- Urban Pressures And The BAIF Development Richmond Hill Planning Director PLANNING AND YOU OCT. 18 Problem Areas And Suggested Solutions For Markham Markham Planning Director and Senior Planner HESSE RIMON NOV. 15 BILL POWER After recording conversa- tions picked up by the hidden transmitters in the two trunks for the next two days, and finally hearing what they felt was the unmistakable sound of the trunks being taken apart. the Mounties made their raid. C u t r o n a delivered the trunks to the Concord home. which the Mounties then kept under surveillance from an unmarked truck across the street. Cutl'ona drove to a service station, where Codispoti and Cutrona got into a car and drove away laughing. The loading of the trunks into the van. which the two accused had rented for the occasion. was recorded on video tape by at Mountie hid- dcn in the back of a nearby truck. An RCMP plane then monitored the directional signals transmitted to it by hidden beeper devices in each trunk, to following police cars. When Vito Cutrona and Bellitti arrived to pick them up that afternoon, helping them throuflh customs was RCMP Constable Gianfranco Zeni. an Italian-speaking drug investigator. EXIT LAUGHING The next day the Mounties deflvered the trunks. which had now been bugged. to an express company warehouse in Mississauga RCMP followed them by car and helicopter to a Sou- dan Avenue rooming house. Mounties observed him meet Vito Cutrona. Francesco Cut- rona was also seen in the station. and then Codispoti arrived and drove Bellitti away, RON BOSE with (.Photo by Ron Fawn) Caught fighting September 28 across from the Richmond Hill Police Station in the Canadian Tire Store Parking Lot on Wright Street, Charles Wise, 24, of 9030 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill plead- ed guilty in Provincial Court here Friday. Danny Cottie. 20, of 30 Clarke Avenue South, Thorn- hill. admitted impaired care and control of a motor ve- hicle. He was convicted and He was convicted by Pro- vincial Judge Russell Pearse and fined $25 or 15 days jail for causing a disturbance by fighting. Caught Opposite Police Station for high-scoring mileage! WE MAKE IT EA5V AT mHamm muakmg most everythlflg ebse 00th mbre') But there 5 one thmg you can be sure of Deals th|s great wuli go like lightning 80 SM) vaestone fast CHECK THESE LOW PRICES THAT MAKE IT SO EASY! Count yourself lucky If you need tires now' Because who knows when bargams like this wnll come along agam (Especcally wuth E78-14 G78-15 F78-14 G78â€"14 F78â€"15 H78-15 SIZE OCT. 25 The Ideal Community Municipal Planning ,â€" Area Mayors On The Hot Seat with TONY ROMAN BILL LAZENBY GORDON RATCLIFF GARNET WILLIAMS 5101155 SAVE ON THIS BILL POWER and Senior Planner RON BOSE FITS 8.45 Markham Planning Director The Situation In Markham Today Crown Attorney Kingsley Wijesinha told the court Cottie was stopped at 3:55 am September 29 in Rich- mond Hill when his vehicle was seen travelling erratical- ly and weaving infand out of traffic. Cottie's breathalyzer test reading was 1.70, Edward Campbell. 28, of Goodwood, Uxbridge Town- ship. admitted refusing a breathalyzer test July 11 in Markham Town when stopped while driving at 8:20 pm. fined $175 or 30 days in jail with three \véeks to pay. “’EAVING IN TRAFFIC 8.55â€"15 8.25-15 NOV. 22 PAUL HENDERSON SAYS WHITEWALL $27.00 29.00 31.00 33.00 29.00 31.00 A married gravel truck Vaughan Town. operator with one child, he BOTTLE IN HAND was convicted and ordered Crown Attorney Wijeshin- off the nation‘s roads for ha told the court Coniam was four months except during found sitting on the hood of working hours. 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