Nelson City Police, with help from RCMP detachment, charged a 37-year-old man for breaking and entering after a house was burglarized. NPD was made aware of the burglary when a Nelson man attended his mother’s house, finding the residence had been broken into Monday (May 27). Officers, with assistance of RCMP identification section, immediately opened […]

A Castlegar man will be facing charges after being arrested Saturday, according to RCMP Cpl Darryl Orr. “On May 25 at 12:25 a.m., members of the Castlegar Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) arrested a 47-year-old  male for Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act,” Orr said. “The male […]

Nelson Police dealt with a series of calls the weekend as the public enjoyed the first long weekend of the summer. The calls ranged from man unlawfully in Canada to drug seizures and officers involved in a foot chase through the streets of Nelson to catch a naked man. Downtown chase leads to arrest of […]

The Nelson Police Department want to alert the public of a pyramid scam that is circulating in the Heritage City. NPD was advised of the scam at 10 p.m. Tuesday (May 14) when a victim was recruited to produce a large sum of money. The scam target single mothers and operates under the name, the […]

It’s never a happy ending to a birthday celebration when the Birthday Boy ends up in jail. That’s exactly what happened to a 37-year-old man after alcohol took over the party Friday (May 10) at Finley’s Pub in Nelson. Nelson City Police received a call late Friday of an intoxicated man fighting with patrons. When […]

A man was sent to police lockup after calling 9-1-1 to say someone was chasing him with a gun near the Lakeside Soccer Fields in the early hours of Friday morning. The call was one of 60 NPD officers responded to during the past week. When police arrived at the soccer fields, they found an […]

Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC) put a major dent into organized crime by shutting down four high-tech marijuana operations near Mission Friday. CFSEU-BC, with support from the Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team (LMD ERT), Surrey RCMP, and RCMP Air Services, executed five search warrants Friday (May 3) morning on five properties, arresting […]

Earlier this morning, members of the Castlegar RCMP detachment, along members of the crime reduction unit, executed a search warrant for theft of electricity at a residence located on Columbia Road in Ootischenia, according to Cpl. Darryl Orr. “Upon entry into the residence, a sophisticated three-room grow op was discovered containing approximately 400 marijuana plants,” […]

Nelson Police said a no-liquor function held at The Royal proved to be a jackpot for a local bottle picker. The event was held Saturday night at the Baker Street location and dubbed as an “all age’s no liquor party”. However, some who attended the function felt a few pints of the bubbly — before […]

At its regular meeting Monday, Castlegar City Council will be receiving its monthly Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) report for the month of March. In said report, CRU commanding officer Cpl. Darryl Orr outlines some of the Castlegar CRU’s accomplishments for the month (except those that create privacy issues in terms of reporting). March 1: “An […]