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    Rob Ford's Driver Had $900 In Drug-buy Money When Nabbed In 2013, Court Told

    Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 27 Apr, 2015 01:10 PM
      TORONTO — A Toronto police officer is testifying about the day he helped arrest Rob Ford's driver.
       
      The officer says Alexander (Sandro) Lisi had $900 in police drug-buy money on him that day in October 2013.
       
      Police also seized a fake pop can with a small amount of marijuana from Lisi.
       
      The arrest occurred outside a west-end dry cleaners after months of surveillance of Lisi and Ford.
       
      Officers also arrested the owner of the dry cleaners, Jamshid Bahrami.
       
      Both are charged with drug-trafficking offences.
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