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Man arrested in Osoyoos faces more firearms trafficking charges
OSOYOOS - An additional 37 firearms-related charges have been laid on a Langley man arrested at the Nk’Mip campground in Osoyoos last month in addition to the nine charges he originally faced. Bradley Michael Friesen, 37, was arrested on July 17 at the campground in Osoyoos where officers found and seized numerous firearms and prohibited...
Border control busy with firearms smugglers
OSOYOOS - Two men have been charged in separate cases for smuggling firearms and weapons across the Canada-U.S. border at Osoyoos and Cascade ports of entry. Osoyoos border officers arrested Cole Phillips after they seized a loaded .45 caliber handgun from a U.S. resident’s vehicle during a secondary exam on July 21. Phillips was charged...
RCMP seize extensive cache of firearms, stolen property
KAMLOOPS – Cocaine, marijuana, a crossbow, flat-screen TVs, dozens of guns, ammunition and more are the latest cache grab stored at the Kamloops RCMP detachment. Insp. Brad Mueller shared the results of a three-month investigation into what RCMP believe are gang-related drug activities and led to seven arrests May 7 and 8. Six were released on...
Osoyoos man pleads guilty to illegal firearm possession
PENTICTON — An Osoyoos man pleaded guilty to possession and storage of unlawful firearms after he was arrested last year in an undercover investigation. Tyler Ryan Cuff, born in 1983, was arrested in Langley, B.C. last August during an undercover investigation led by the U.S. Bureau of Firearms, Tobacco and Alcohol. Cuff was caught when...