Judge quashes case against man found with 500 pot plants because his rights were violated
The case against a man charged after 500 marijuana plants were found in a Gibsons home has been dismissed after a judge ruled that RCMP violated the accused’s rights, The Vancouver Province reports. In May 2009, Van Dang Truong was charged with production of marijuana and possession of marijuana for the purposes of trafficking. RCMP […]
Speeding while transporting cocaine nets man in Keremeos
On Nov. 3 an RCMP Southeast District Traffic Services unit stopped a vehicle for speeding on Hwy 3 in Keremeos — 187 kilometres west of Nelson. The stop yielded a sizable bust thanks to the keen sense of the office and keener sense of smell of his partner RCMPolice dog Otis. During the course of […]
POLICE: Three injured in rollover near Christina Lake
Three Kootenay residents are injured and remain in hospital after losing control of their truck on Highway #3 east of Christina Lake yesterday. A 65-year-old Robson man was transported directly to the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail. The 50-year-old woman and 48-year-old man, both from Castlegar, were transported by ambulance to the Boundary […]
Sunday morning Uphill serenity broken by suspicious person
A man allegedly spent the night on an Uphill patio in a disturbing trespassing case, the Nelson Police Department reported Monday. A female Nelson resident was in her home early Sunday morning when she looked out and saw a male standing on her rear patio. She called for her husband and walked to the kitchen, […]
Fatal motor vehicle incident near Edgewood
A 38-year-old man from Edgewood was killed after his truck hit the ditch near Edgewood Saturday night. On Oct. 30 at about 2:15 a.m., Nakusp RCMP responded to the report of a single vehicle collision along Inonoaklin Valley Road in Edgewood. A passerby first contacted the police after she discovered a white F350 pickup truck in […]
NPD officers involved in rare daylight take down
Shoppers at the Chalko Mika Mall Tuesday witnessed a scene watched right out of CNN as Nelson Police arrested two male suspects on a laundry list of drug charges. At approximately, 2 p.m. Nelson Police were called to the mall to investigate two males seen at the east end of the lot drinking liquor. Arriving […]
RCMP continue 'harvest' in the Slocan Valley with busts
Over the last 18 months the Slocan Lake RCMP detachment has been harvesting of another sort in the Slocan Valley — with a warning of more to come. The detachment has executed 16 drug warrants in the valley, securing drug charges in nearly all of their cases, said Const. Shaun Foley of the Slocan Lake […]
Thieves go to jail for Nelson/Castlegar break-ins
Two Kelowna men are facing jail time after a string of break-and-enters in Castlegar and Nelson last week. According to Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew, the two men were arrested on Oct. 20, the same day the crimes were committed. “Kyle Hodson,19, and Phillip Helgren, 20, appeared in court the following day and pled […]
POLICE: Armed standoff in Midway ends without injury
A 61-year-old man wielding a shotgun surrendered to police after a four hour stand-off last night in Midway, B.C. At about 7 p.m. police responded to a call that a man had loaded weapons and was threatening to harm himself in his home. RCMP members of the Boundary Regional Detachment (Midway and Grand Forks) secured […]
Would-be thief locks himself into stolen Corvette
The Prince George RCMP sent out the following press release today, underlining the importance of having some degree of mental acuity before attempting to embark upon a life of crime: On Oct.23 at approximately 3:10 p.m., Prince George RCMP responded to a report of a male with an axe attempting to steal a Corvette from a […]
