A backpack containing 18 pounds of drug ecstasy valued at $135,000 was found abandoned along the border just west of Danville on Monday. The United States Border Patrol seized the “designer” drug and $14,000 in American currency near the port of entry on the American side. The ecstasy was packaged in powder form. Agents discovered […]

Nelson City Police have charged a 45-year-old Nelson man with Resisting Arrest and Possession of a Controlled Substance. In the early hours of Thursday, January 12th, a Nelson Police officer observed a driver commit several traffic violations. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle however it fled and attempted to evade police. After a short […]

In a recent Vancouver Sun article, the reporter wrote a story about an 82-year-old motorist in Cranbrook who was alleging she was treated unfairly by the RCMP with respect to being stopped for suspected impaired driving and refusing to provide a breath sample. Some other media outlets picked up this story.  Unfortunately, the writer did […]

Castlegar RCMP are recommending charges of assault and mischief endangering life against a 26-year-old Nelson man, according to RCMP Sgt Laurel Mathew.  She said the charges are stemming from an incident on Jan. 8 at roughly 3 a.m., in which a limousine ride for a driver and 18 passengers ended in a collision on Columbia […]

Three separate businesses in Castlegar have been robbed of counter-top donation boxes in recent weeks, according to RCMP Const. Jeremy Knight. Knight said police have identified the suspect in one such case, and have leads in the investigation of the other two. “Some businesses chain the donation boxes down, or even glue them to the […]

 On Jan. 8, at 2:29 a.m., police received a report of an attempted robbery of a taxi driver in the downtown core of Trail. The taxi was flagged down on Bay Ave. by a male, who then jumped in the vehicle and ordered the driver to drive, as he had a gun in his pocket. […]

On Jan. 5, police received a report of threatening with firearm that occurred the previous day at a residence in East Trail. There was a verbal confrontation between two individuals on the street that ended with one of them lifting his shirt to reveal what appeared to be a handgun tucked in his waistband. The […]

A Castlegar man has been fined $2,750 after admitting he lied to police about his truck being stolen in April of 2009. ICBC said in a written press release Kyle Anderson told police he parked his Toyota Tacoma 4×4 on a beach near Creston and went for a walk along the beach with a friend. […]

Earlier this week — Monday, December 19th — a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant was executed on a residence in Nelson. During the search a substantial amount of cocaine, worth an estimated street value of $40,000, was seized. Police also seized steroids, marihuana, and a large sum of Canadian currency at the residence. […]

Birds of a feather flocked together and led to a sophisticated marijuana grow operation bust Dec. 10 near Salmo. An RCMP officer who was working traffic duty on a section of Highway 6 Dec. 9 near a property that was a former sawmill smelled something unusual in the air while on duty. The distinct odour […]