Excerpt from Project Brazen 2 body pack transcript, Sept. 27, 2013

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65 of 385 pounds can he push? 1501 1502 BAHRAMI: Like how many pounds he can (Unintelligible)? 1503 1504 FERNANDES: Yeah, that’s the sixteen. I’d like to get samples of the 1505 two. Like, you know he has the sixteen and the 1506 eighteen? 1507 1508 BAHRAMI: Hmm. 1509 1510 FERNANDES: Can I get an ounce sample of each? Why don’t we 1511 set up a fuckin’ meet. 1512 1513 BAHRAMI: Yes. 1514 1515 FERNANDES: We go out for drinks. 1516 1517 BAHRAMI: Yeah. 1518 1519 FERNANDES: Me, you and Sandro, go out for drinks. Why don’t you 1520 give him a shit touch? 1521 1522 BAHRAMI: (Unintelligible) yes… 1523

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As part of the Project Brazen 2 investigation into Mayor Rob Ford, Toronto Police sent Detective Constable Ross Fernandes undercover to arrange a drug purchase from Ford friend Sandro Lisi. Drycleaner Jamshid Bahrami acted as middleman. On two dates, police put a secret audio-recording device on Fernandes. This is an excerpt from the transcript of the Sept. 27, 2013, recording.

Transcript of Excerpt from Project Brazen 2 body pack transcript, Sept. 27, 2013

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    pounds can he push? 1501

    1502

    BAHRAMI: Like how many pounds he can (Unintelligible)? 1503

    1504

    FERNANDES: Yeah, thats the sixteen. Id like to get samples of the 1505

    two. Like, you know he has the sixteen and the 1506

    eighteen? 1507

    1508

    BAHRAMI: Hmm. 1509

    1510

    FERNANDES: Can I get an ounce sample of each? Why dont we 1511

    set up a fuckin meet. 1512

    1513

    BAHRAMI: Yes. 1514

    1515

    FERNANDES: We go out for drinks. 1516

    1517

    BAHRAMI: Yeah. 1518

    1519

    FERNANDES: Me, you and Sandro, go out for drinks. Why dont you 1520

    give him a shit touch? 1521

    1522

    BAHRAMI: (Unintelligible) yes 1523

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    1524

    FERNANDES: You want my phone? 1525

    1526

    BAHRAMI: When he sees you 1527

    1528

    FERNANDES: Yeah. Here, why dont you use my phone? You 1529

    want 1530

    1531

    BAHRAMI: (Unintelligible). 1532

    1533

    FERNANDES: Okay. 1534

    1535

    BAHRAMI: (Unintelligible). 1536

    1537

    FERNANDES: (Sniffs) We can fucking play poker, whatever you 1538

    want man. 1539

    1540

    BAHRAMI: You know what, another thing is 1541

    1542

    FERNANDES: Hmm? 1543

    1544

    BAHRAMI: To tell you the truth. 1545

    1546

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    FERNANDES: Hmm hm. 1547

    1548

    BAHRAMI: Theres a hit on him, you know. Theyre after him, you 1549

    know. 1550

    1551

    FERNANDES: Theres a hit on him? 1552

    1553

    BAHRAMI: (Unintelligible) theres a nut (ph) about drugs. Do you 1554

    know about the story of Rob FORD? 1555

    1556

    FERNANDES: I heard a little bit, I dont really know, like. 1557

    1558

    BAHRAMI: There was a video of him; Rob FORD. 1559

    1560

    FERNANDES: Video. 1561

    1562

    BAHRAMI: (Unintelligible) Dixon. 1563

    1564

    FERNANDES: Okay. 1565

    1566

    BAHRAMI: (Mouth noise) A short clip, like a minute or something. 1567

    1568

    FERNANDES: Okay. 1569

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    1570

    BAHRAMI: Thatthey have a pic 1571

    1572

    FERNANDES: I was yeah, I heard about it on the fuckin news, yeah. 1573

    1574

    BAHRAMI: Yeah, hehes doing a crack. 1575

    1576

    FERNANDES: Okay. 1577

    1578

    BAHRAMI: With this twouh two uh black guys. 1579

    1580

    FERNANDES: Okay. 1581

    1582

    BAHRAMI: On Dixon, and the guy who gottook the video. 1583

    1584

    FERNANDES: Yeah. 1585

    1586

    BAHRAMI: He wenthe contact Rob (ph) and said I want two 1587

    hundred thousand dollar (Unintelligible). 1588

    1589

    FERNANDES: He, how much did the guy want for the video? 1590

    1591

    BAHRAMI: Two hundred thousand. 1592

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    1593

    FERNANDES: Oh. 1594

    1595

    BAHRAMI: For the video. 1596

    1597

    FERNANDES: Thats all he wanted? 1598

    1599

    BAHRAMI: All he wanted. 1600

    1601

    FERNANDES: (Mouth noise) 1602

    1603

    BAHRAMI: Two hundred thousand I want for the video otherwise 1604

    Im gonna give it to the press. 1605

    1606

    FERNANDES: Okay. 1607

    1608

    BAHRAMI: So Rob said what the fuck (Unintelligible) he denied 1609

    everything. 1610

    1611

    FERNANDES: But how do you know this man? 1612

    1613

    BAHRAMI: Is on news. 1614

    1615

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    FERNANDES: Oh, from the news? 1616

    1617

    BAHRAMI: (Unintelligible) you dont know the story, its all over 1618

    man. 1619

    1620

    FERNANDES: Okay. 1621

    1622

    BAHRAMI: So he goes and and uh, uh, he doesnt pay the thing 1623

    and uh, apparently, uh, before sending to the uh uh 1624

    press, the guy got killed, you see. 1625

    1626

    FERNANDES: Hmm. 1627

    1628

    BAHRAMI: Thats too fishy. Now theyre collecting all this people 1629

    close to Rob FORD. 1630

    1631

    FERNANDES: Hmm hm. 1632

    1633

    BAHRAMI: To get evidence from them, and Sandro isSandro, 1634

    is uh is uh like a bodyguard of Rob FORD, hes 1635

    always with him. If you see him, you will always see 1636

    hishim in the backbackground, like he takes him 1637

    to games, he takes him to different places, usually 1638

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    takes his (Unintelligible) dry cleaning here, all these 1639

    kind of things. (Unintelligible) thats why hes so 1640

    panicky because he thinks everybodys after him, so 1641

    they are after him to grab him 1642

    1643

    FERNANDES: Hmm. 1644

    1645

    BAHRAMI: to get some information from him, and hes not 1646

    giving up anything so thethethe reporter who is 1647

    after him 1648

    1649

    FERNANDES: Hmm. 1650

    1651

    BAHRAMI: he sendhe showed me the text, he said he send 1652

    me the text (Unintelligible) if you dont, Im gonna put 1653

    it, put the story on you 1654

    1655

    FERNANDES: Hmm. 1656

    1657

    BAHRAMI: Toronto Star, on the first page. 1658

    1659

    FERNANDES: Hmm hm. 1660

    1661

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    BAHRAMI: About you, threatening (Unintelligible) and they did, 1662

    they had a first page story on Sandro. 1663

    1664

    FERNANDES: Okay. 1665

    1666

    BAHRAMI: The thing that, nothing about, not mention anything 1667

    about Rob FORD you know, like, oh yeah, hes the 1668

    body guard of Rob FORD, look at what this guy is, 1669

    hes ahes a drug dealer. 1670

    1671

    FERNANDES: Yeah. 1672

    1673

    BAHRAMI: He has a problem with a law, blah blah blah this and 1674

    that. You see (Unintelligible) problem with him. 1675

    1676

    FERNANDES: Hmm. 1677

    1678

    BAHRAMI: (Unintelligible) for a couple of hundred dollars you 1679

    dont wanna fuck with this guy man, no no. 1680

    (Unintelligible) I thought you knew man. 1681

    1682

    FERNANDES: Sounds like this guysthis guys fuckin, hes got the 1683

    fuckin balls. 1684

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    1685

    BAHRAMI: Who? 1686

    1687

    FERNANDES: Sandro. 1688

    1689

    BAHRAMI: Yeah, (Unintelligible). Thats Sandro. 1690

    1691

    FERNANDES: Which one? 1692

    1693

    BAHRAMI: This guy. These are all the people, see everybody 1694

    that talked, except him, and hes very close to Rob. 1695

    1696

    FERNANDES: (Laughs) 1697

    1698

    BAHRAMI: This is Sandros, this is the Rob, Rob lives, Rob 1699

    FORD lives right here, you know. 1700

    1701

    FERNANDES: He lives close by. 1702

    1703

    BAHRAMI: Hmm hm. (Unintelligible) there, you know? I thought 1704

    you knew about Toronto Star. See, hes 1705

    (Unintelligible) hes everywhere. You see? 1706

    1707

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    FERNANDES: Can this guycan this guy, this guy seems like he 1708

    can push some serious weight though man. 1709

    1710

    BAHRAMI: Thats why Im saying, (Unintelligible) I didnt know, I 1711

    thought, you know what, because this is a, this is 1712

    August, like, this is uh, sorry, June, July. 1713

    1714

    FERNANDES: Hmm hm. 1715

    1716

    BAHRAMI: In July, I said okay now everything is cooled down, 1717

    but apparently they are still fucking after him man. 1718

    Theyre following him, thats why hes panicking. I feel 1719

    so bad (Unintelligible) tell me about that you gonna 1720

    set me up with (Unintelligible) of the thing he said yes 1721

    I was gonna set you up with the guy, I wasnt gonna 1722

    be there (Unintelligible) I trust you I was gonna go 1723

    send him, gonna go collect the stuff and get it and I 1724

    deal with the guy. 1725

    1726

    FERNANDES: Hmm. 1727

    1728

    BAHRAMI: (Unintelligible) you know I haveI have, you know 1729

    theyre after me, (Unintelligible) you know what, when 1730

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    he want to comes and smoke a fucking joint he carry, 1731

    he takes me, because I have the license. 1732

    1733

    FERNANDES: (Laughs) 1734

    1735

    BAHRAMI: Can you believe it? 1736

    1737

    FERNANDES: Thats funny. 1738

    1739

    BAHRAMI: So 1740

    1741

    FERNANDES: Yeah, no, I dont know if my boys will do it with Dan. 1742

    1743

    BAHRAMI: No no, thats what Im saying, but Dan? No? 1744

    1745

    FERNANDES: Just cause of the 1746

    1747

    BAHRAMI: The price is high? 1748

    1749

    FERNANDES: The price is too high, if I can get it for cheaper, why 1750

    would I pay twenty four? 1751

    1752

    BAHRAMI: Thats (Unintelligible). 1753

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    1754

    FERNANDES: Thats, I mean, that, I dont care about anything else, 1755

    Im paying 1756

    1757

    BAHRAMI: So you dont care about the quality, youre just 1758

    1759

    FERNANDES: No, the qualthe qualI mean good qualI mean, 1760

    you know, you dont want complete shit. 1761

    1762

    BAHRAMI: I know, but uh 1763

    1764

    FERNANDES: I think, from your guy, if I could meet with your guy, or 1765

    I dont even have to meet with your guy, whatever, I 1766

    just (Unintelligible) if your guy can hook it up for that 1767

    sixteen, Sandro guy youre talkin about, if he can 1768

    hook it up for fuckin sixteen. 1769

    1770

    BAHRAMI: Would you still go withwith Sandro? 1771

    1772

    FERNANDES: If he can hook it up for sixteen. 1773

    1774

    BAHRAMI: (Unintelligible). 1775

    1776

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    FERNANDES: Newspapers are newspapers man. 1777

    1778

    BAHRAMI: Yeah. 1779

    1780

    FERNANDES: They talk shit, I dont really care. If he can hook up, if 1781

    he can hook up that price I can, I can, thats what I 1782

    was talking to my boys about, I said look, at sixteen 1783

    for a fuckin pound, we can buy fuckin a couple of 1784

    pounds and then get a better, bigger discount. 1785

    1786

    BAHRAMI: Of course (Unintelligible) youll be making more. 1787

    1788

    FERNANDES: Yeah, well buy fiimagine we buy five pounds. 1789

    (Unintelligible) for two pounds, Id be paying three 1790

    grand, (Unintelligible) paying twenty four hundred for 1791

    one fuckin pound. 1792

    1793

    BAHRAMI: Thats true, youll be paying three thousand 1794

    1795

    FERNANDES: Thirty two hundred, whatever. 1796

    1797

    BAHRAMI: Thirty two hundred 1798

    1799