Robbers target high-stakes mahjong game

“The police could hear everything. That’s how we got there so quick”

An 18-year-old Toronto man appeared in court yesterday on multiple robbery- and weapons-related charges, just hours after five armed intruders terrorized players at a high-stakes mahjong game in Toronto’s … via Globe and Mail

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Mon, September 17th, 2007

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