Five accused of Delhi gang rape and murder plead not guilty
Five men pleaded not guilty yesterday to the rape and murder of a 23-year-old Delhi student. They face 13 charges and the death penalty in a specially set up "fast track court". The accused, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Kumar, Ram Singh, Mukesh Singh and Akshay Thakur, signed statements in the court declaring their innocence. The five...
Nelson Police confirm suspicious operation in Rosemont 'not a methamphetamine lab'
Nelson police confirmed in a media release Thursday the lab found in the Rosemont residence last week contained only small quantities of solvents and posed no risk to anyone in the surrounding residences. “Nelson Police Department can confirm that a drug lab located in the basement of the residence was not a methamphetamine lab,” Nelson […]
International man hunt ends with capture near Nelson
Canada Border Service agents at a land crossing near Nelson, BC put an end to a man-hunt which crossed the northern Canada/US border. John Peter Ollivier, 45, of Ketchikan, Alaska, is alleged to have been responsible for a rash of break & enters in Alaska before stealing a boat and crossing the marine border into […]
BC Coroners Service released identity of deceased Rosemont man
The BC Coroners Service confirmed the identity of a man who was found deceased in a Rosemont residence Friday (February 1) by friends as Andrew John Meisner, aged 33, of Nelson. Two friends found Meisner when they went to check on the Nelsont resident after they had been unable to reach him for some hours. […]
Updated: Family told by police no 'meth lab' in Rosemont house
The family of the 33-year-old man found dead in a Rosemont duplex Friday night is upset with some of the media reports and rumours circulating that their son had a “meth lab” in the residence. The parents, currently travelling to Nelson from Eastern Canada, was told by police there is no “meth lab” in the […]
Police tempt car thieves in Bait Car program
We’ve all probably done it — hidden a purse or wallet in the car, while you’ve taken the dog for a walk, hoping car thieves aren’t active in that park. Or left a purchase in the backseat, while you ran into another store. Or, perhaps you’ve left your tools in your work van overnight, waking […]
Salmo bust nets 85 plants and 26 pounds of pot
Tuesday saw police seize 26 pounds of marijuana and 85 pot plants with an estimated street value between $50,000 and $150,000 during a drug raid in Salmo, according to RCMP Darryl Orr. Orr said the search, conducted by the Trail Crime Reduction Unit with assistance from the Trail and Salmo RCMP detachments, saw one male […]
Police arrest 72-year-old woman, two men in cocaine bust
A 72-year-old woman was one of three people arrested after a drug raid on a Columbia Avenue house yesterday, according to Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff. “On Jan. 23, members of the Castlegar Detachment executed a search warrant at the 1600 block of Columbia Avenue,” she said, adding the search was the result of a […]
Briton sentenced to death in Indonesia
A British woman has been sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling. Lindsay Sandiford, 56, was found guilty of breaking the tough drug laws in place in Indonesia at the Denpasar district court yesterday, having being found with 10.6 lb of cocaine, worth about £1.6m, in the lining of her suitcase at Bali's main airport...
Knife fight outside 7-11 sees two people arrested
According to RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton, a fist fight escalated to weapon threats outside 7-11 Monday afternoon, leading to the arrest of two area men. “On Jan. 14 at approximately 4 p.m., police were called to a fight outside of the 7-11 Store in Trail,” he said. “Two males, one in his late teens and […]
