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In addition to the drugs and weapons, $160,000 in Canadian cash was seized during the execution of a search warrant conducted by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia. A total of four search warrants were executed on residences in the Comox Valley and Campbell River area in the early morning hours of Jan. 13, 2022. Photo via CFSEU.

Six Vancouver Island residents charged in alleged drug trafficking network

Victoria, Campbell River and Comox Valley residents charged in connection with 2022 search warrants

 

The Kelowna RCMP would like to remind the public about the dangers of sextortion. (Observer File Photo)

RCMP warns dangers of sextortion following youth death in B.C.

In 2023 so far, the Kelowna RCMP have received more than 100 reports of online sextortion

 

Campbell River RCMP. RCMP photo

Gun-wielding assault suspect driving blue side-by-side sought by RCMP

Campbell River RCMP seeking public assistance after York Road incident Nov. 23

 

Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Virani is “considering the options,” raised by the independent adviser on unmarked graves, who says Indigenous leaders want Canada to move on criminalizing residential school denialism. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Special interlocutor ‘waiting’ for bill criminalizing residential school denialism

Feds made Holocaust denialism illegal last year

Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Virani is “considering the options,” raised by the independent adviser on unmarked graves, who says Indigenous leaders want Canada to move on criminalizing residential school denialism. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
A Richmond man is accused of stealing $10-million in cryptocurrency during a 2022 home invasion. Jin Da Xing, 34, is facing 11 charges. (Shutterstock)

Charges laid after B.C. couple tied up, robbed of $10-million in crypto

RCMP say multiple suspects impersonated police, broken into couple’s Richmond home

A Richmond man is accused of stealing $10-million in cryptocurrency during a 2022 home invasion. Jin Da Xing, 34, is facing 11 charges. (Shutterstock)
Brian Abrosimo, 61, has been released to a halfway house in Surrey. A violent sex offender considered at high risk to reoffend, he is banned from being in Langley or Abbotsford. (Surrey RCMP/Special to Black Press Media)

Surrey RCMP warn public about violent sex criminal

Brian Abrosimo is to live in a halfway house in Surrey – is banned from Langley, Abbotsford

Brian Abrosimo, 61, has been released to a halfway house in Surrey. A violent sex offender considered at high risk to reoffend, he is banned from being in Langley or Abbotsford. (Surrey RCMP/Special to Black Press Media)
Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a 61-year-old Coquitlam man has been charged with possessing and accessing child pornography. He is set to appear in court at the end of November. (Photo: Shane MacKichan)

Over 2,500 images of child porn discovered on B.C. man’s computer: police

Investigation began when a SkyTrain user found a lost phone containing explicit photos

Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a 61-year-old Coquitlam man has been charged with possessing and accessing child pornography. He is set to appear in court at the end of November. (Photo: Shane MacKichan)
Mehakpreet Sethi, 18, of Surrey, was stabbed to death in the parking lot of Tamanawis Secondary school on Nov. 22, 2022. (Screenshot: Google Maps)

18-year-old facing murder charge after stabbing outside B.C. high school

Mehakpreet Sethi was killed outside Tamanawis Secondary school in Surrey

Mehakpreet Sethi, 18, of Surrey, was stabbed to death in the parking lot of Tamanawis Secondary school on Nov. 22, 2022. (Screenshot: Google Maps)
Nanaimo RCMP arrested a woman who allegedly used at toy gun to rob a gas station Monday, Nov. 20. She is reportedly the same person who committed a similar crime at the same business a little over a year ago. (Black Press Media file photo)

Nanaimo gas station robbed by repeat offender with dollar-store toy gun

Suspect remained close by the crime scene where she was subsequently arrested

Nanaimo RCMP arrested a woman who allegedly used at toy gun to rob a gas station Monday, Nov. 20. She is reportedly the same person who committed a similar crime at the same business a little over a year ago. (Black Press Media file photo)
Mission RCMP seized half a kilogram of cocaine stored in a public bathroom ceiling last week. /Mission RCMP Photo

Did you leave your drugs in the bathroom? B.C. police can help

Mission RCMP seize half a kilogram of cocaine stashed in public bathroom ceiling last week

Mission RCMP seized half a kilogram of cocaine stored in a public bathroom ceiling last week. /Mission RCMP Photo
Boston Bruins left wing Milan Lucic (17) during a hockey game in Boston, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Charles Krupa

Wife said Lucic pulled her hair, tried to choke her: Boston police

B.C. hockey player to be arraigned on assault charge after police called to his Boston home

Boston Bruins left wing Milan Lucic (17) during a hockey game in Boston, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Charles Krupa
Air Canada says it bears no responsibility for the daring theft of a cargo container loaded with gold bars and cash from its facilities earlier this year. An Air Canada jet taxis at the airport in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Air Canada rejects Brink’s claim after 400kg of gold swiped from airport

Carrier responds to lawsuit launched after $23.8M theft from Toronto’s Pearson Airport

Air Canada says it bears no responsibility for the daring theft of a cargo container loaded with gold bars and cash from its facilities earlier this year. An Air Canada jet taxis at the airport in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Colombian performer Shakira leaves court in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Global pop star Shakira is summoned on Monday to a Barcelona courthouse for the opening day of her trial for allegedly defrauding Spanish tax officials of millions of euros. Shakira faces six counts of failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros (now $15.8 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)

Pop star Shakira reaches a deal with Spanish prosecutors on the first day of tax fraud trial

After having maintained her innocence for nearly five years, pop star Shakira…

Colombian performer Shakira leaves court in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Global pop star Shakira is summoned on Monday to a Barcelona courthouse for the opening day of her trial for allegedly defrauding Spanish tax officials of millions of euros. Shakira faces six counts of failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros (now $15.8 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
The B.C. government is closing the Prince George Youth Custody Centre as of the end of March 2024. Youth there will be transferred to the province’s only remaining youth custody centre, in Burnaby. (BC Corrections)

B.C. to have just 1 youth custody centre after Prince George site closes

Minister of Children says closure as a result of steady decline in incarcerated young offenders

The B.C. government is closing the Prince George Youth Custody Centre as of the end of March 2024. Youth there will be transferred to the province’s only remaining youth custody centre, in Burnaby. (BC Corrections)
FILE - In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department body-camera video, the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, right, fights for control of a hammer with his assailant David DePape during a brutal attack in the couple’s San Francisco home on Oct. 28, 2022. Opening statements are scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 8, 2023, in the federal trial of the man accused of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to kidnap her and bludgeoning her husband with a hammer. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

B.C. man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband convicted of federal assault

David DePape, who grew up in B.C., broke into former U.S. House Speaker’s home in October 2022

FILE - In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department body-camera video, the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, right, fights for control of a hammer with his assailant David DePape during a brutal attack in the couple’s San Francisco home on Oct. 28, 2022. Opening statements are scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 8, 2023, in the federal trial of the man accused of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to kidnap her and bludgeoning her husband with a hammer. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)
A senior on a fixed income who walks with canes came out to find her vehicle not only have its ignition and window punched out but offensive words written on her vehicle that point to the vandalism was part of a TikTok challenge. (Submitted)

Mobility-challenged B.C. senior’s car trashed in apparent TikTok challenge

Elderly victim can’t afford to pay another deductible after Kia targeted twice in a few months

A senior on a fixed income who walks with canes came out to find her vehicle not only have its ignition and window punched out but offensive words written on her vehicle that point to the vandalism was part of a TikTok challenge. (Submitted)
A company that provides encrypted email service is disputing a former RCMP official’s claim it secretly worked on behalf of an intelligence agency. Cameron Jay Ortis testified in Ontario Superior Court that a foreign ally told him of a plan to encourage targets to begin using an online encryption service called Tutanota. Ortis arrives to the Ottawa Courthouse in Ottawa on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Encrypted email service denies accused RCMP leaker’s claim it has intelligence ties

Former RCMP official says Tutanota is a ‘storefront’ for an intelligence agency

A company that provides encrypted email service is disputing a former RCMP official’s claim it secretly worked on behalf of an intelligence agency. Cameron Jay Ortis testified in Ontario Superior Court that a foreign ally told him of a plan to encourage targets to begin using an online encryption service called Tutanota. Ortis arrives to the Ottawa Courthouse in Ottawa on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Courthouse in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, to attend his trial, accused of five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged incidents ranging from the 1980s to mid-2000s. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Peter Nygard found guilty of 4 sexual assault charges, acquitted on 2 others

82-year-old still faces separate criminal charges in Quebec, Manitoba and the U.S.

Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Courthouse in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, to attend his trial, accused of five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged incidents ranging from the 1980s to mid-2000s. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Acting Supt. Colin Derksen, EPS Criminal Investigations Division, speaks about the shooting deaths of a father and 11-year-old son, in Edmonton, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.

Boy, 11, deliberately shot dead outside Edmonton fast food restaurant

Dad also gunned down, police say both killings were targeted

Acting Supt. Colin Derksen, EPS Criminal Investigations Division, speaks about the shooting deaths of a father and 11-year-old son, in Edmonton, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
On Nov. 3, Campbell River RCMP responded to a complaint of a possible abduction and subsequent extortion of a 39-year-old man. RCMP patch photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Three arrested after possible abduction and extortion in Campbell River

Two of the accused were held in custody while the third was released

On Nov. 3, Campbell River RCMP responded to a complaint of a possible abduction and subsequent extortion of a 39-year-old man. RCMP patch photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck