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Montreal (JTA) — Canadian
Jews are reeling from the re-
cent arrest of a well-known
local rabbi who was accused
of trafficking in heroin and
cocaine.
Rabbi Meyer Krentzman,
49, was one of three men ar-
rested in late January by
Montreal police during a
raid on the place of business
of one of the other two men.
During the raid, police un-
covered 85 grams of pure
heroin, which has an
estimated street value of
$230,000 (Canadian).
Police also found a cache of
semi-automatic weapons and
tens of thousands of rounds
of ammunition, including il-
legal hollow- point bullets
and steel jacketed, teflon-
coated bullets known as
"cop-killers."
Rabbi Krentzman, who
was born in the United
States, was formerly assis-
tant director of the Jewish
National Fund, national ex-
ecutive director of the Cana-
dian Zionist Federation and
director of the Jewish Edu-
cation Council.
Also arrested were Andor
Galendauer, 45, an active
member of the Beth Zion
Congregation in the Mon-
treal suburb of Cote St. Luc,
and Viswanadhan
Thamotharampillai, who is
not Jewish.
Rabbi Krentzman has also
been involved with the Beth
Zion synagogue, having led
High Holy Day services
there in 1992. He is current-
ly unemployed.
The arrests took place at
Mr. Galendauer's place of
business, where he operates
a service for clothing
manufacturers. The arrests
occurred after the men
allegedly sold drugs to an
undercover cop.
It is not known whether
the arms and ammunition
found during the raid had
anything to do with Mr.
Galendauer's one-time
alleged ties to the Jewish
Defense League.
Since their arrests, the
men have been confined to a
detention center, where they
have remained after refus-
ing to post bail. Rabbi
Krentzman and Mr. Galen-
dauer each face seven counts
of drug possession, while the
third man faces four counts.
This was not Rabbi Krent-
zman's first run-in with the
law. At the time of his ar-
rest, he was free on $5,000
bail on two fraud- related
charges.