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Pot-smoking driver busted for much more than bad driving
A newly licenced driver was spotted by a recently formed Kelowna RCMP Strike Force last…
Two Okanagan suspects charged after big drug, fentanyl raid last year
KELOWNA – Two people have been charged with drug trafficking stemming from a massive police…
Fentanyl seized in Vernon drug bust; 19 people charged
VERNON – An undercover RCMP investigation at the end of 2016 ended with 19 people…
RCMP seize weed, gun in Kelowna mall parking lot
KELOWNA – Three Vernon residents are facing drug and weapons charges after a traffic stop…
1.2 kilograms of GHB, stolen property seized during impaired driving stop
KELOWNA – Stolen property, more than a kilogram of GHB and an impaired driver were…
RCMP shut down two dial-a-dope operations in Vernon
VERNON – Police in Vernon made three arrests last month in connection with a pair…
Two people facing charges following Kelowna drug bust
KELOWNA - Two people are facing a myriad of charges after officers executed a search warrant in Kelowna last week. When they arrived at the residence in the 1200 block of Clifton Road on Nov. 18, officers found a loaded sawed-off shotgun, a loaded sawed-off .22 calibre rifle previously stolen from a vehicle, methamphetamine, cocaine,...
Vernon RCMP bust dial-a-dope operation
VERNON – Three people from the lower mainland have been arrested and a large quantity of cocaine and heroin seized in connection with a RCMP investigation into a drug trafficking operation in Vernon. RCMP say a 17-year-old boy was arrested in his vehicle near the corner of 32 Street and 43 Avenue, Sept. 2, and...
UPDATE: RCMP raid huge crystal meth lab in Kamloops, more arrests pending
KAMLOOPS – A massive crystal meth operation capable of producing 60,000 hits of the drug in one batch has been shutdown by Kamloops RCMP in the Barnhartvale area and the two men arrested are facing charges. A house in the 1700-block of Pratt Road has had a heavy police presence in front of it since...