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Assault rifle, silencer seized during Kamloops traffic stop
KAMLOOPS – Multiple people have been arrested and firearms have been seized after a traffic…
Shots fired in North Okanagan neighbourhood lead to massive gun seizure, arrests
ARMSTRONG – RCMP have seized a huge cache of firearms after responding to reports of…
Kamloops RCMP investigating shots fired in Brocklehurst
KAMLOOPS – Police are investigating after another potential incident of shots being fired in the…
Shots fired in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM – Police in Salmon Arm are investigating an incident of shots fired in…
Vernon judge makes an example of man convicted of more than 20 gun, drug and identity charges
VERNON – Ronald Learning will spend six years in jail for putting the community at…
Polson Park shooter handed nine years in jail
VERNON – A Vernon man will spend the next several years in jail for his…
UPDATE: Man accidentally shot and killed in pistol competition was an ‘expert shooter’
KAMLOOPS – Over the weekend a man accidentally shot and killed himself during a well-known…
Harsh jail term sought against culprit in 2014 Vernon shootout
VERNON – A stiff jail sentence is being sought in relation to a 2014 Vernon…
North Okanagan RCMP canvassing for tips in Lumby break and enter case
LUMBY – Police in the North Okanagan are looking for tips after firearms were stolen…
Kamloops offender with firearm, drug offences could spend nearly seven years in jail
KAMLOOPS – A man with more than 21 convictions on his record could spend nearly…
Convicted killer on trial in Kamloops for possession of guns and drugs
KAMLOOPS – Police witnesses have begun testifying at the trial of a Kamloops man who…
Man arrested with multiple guns after highway accident near Merrritt
MERRITT – RCMP arrested a man with multiple guns last week after an accident on…
Police bust home in West Kelowna, seize guns and drugs
KELOWNA – Mounties have seized a significant haul of guns and drugs from a West…
Two Penticton residents arrested with stolen guns and drugs, RCMP search for third
PENTICTON – Two Penticton residents are facing a number of charges and a third is…
Kamloops gang activity leads to 10 arrests
KAMLOOPS – In the last four months local RCMP officers have been looking into potential…
Penticton prolific offender caught with drugs and a gun
PENTICTON – A Penticton man is facing a number of charges after officers found him…
Guns, thefts and fire keep Chase RCMP busy
CHASE – Firearms violations and thefts kept Chase RCMP busy over the past two weeks.…
UPDATE: Two arrested in Kamloops after guns left in vehicle in plain sight, stolen property located in nearby residence
KAMLOOPS – Two men were arrested for gun and theft-related charges in the Westsyde area…
Charter rights questioned in gun seizures
KAMLOOPS – Lawyers for two people facing trial on a host of weapons possession charges…
Massive gun-bust case tossed due to numerous mistakes by Kamloops Mounties
KAMLOOPS - After RCMP raided a Kamloops trailer filled with guns and ammunition in December 2013, they displayed their haul at the RCMP detachment where the city’s top cop posed for pictures and told reporters about the dangers of illegal firearms. They got multiple weapons including shotguns and chopped up, rebuilt long guns, ammunition, drugs...
Kamloops man acquitted of gun charges on rights violation
KAMLOOPS - A man accused of running a chop shop in a Westsyde trailer was acquitted of all charges after a Kamloops Supreme Court Justice determined police violated several charter rights when they conducted two searches and seized multiple weapons. Charles Gerald Patrick, born 1956, was arrested Dec. 11, 2013 after police pulled him over...
Do you know this trio? Police looking for tips in gun theft
BARRIERE - Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying three suspects who broke into a rural property near Barriere to steal guns and ammunition last week. On July 2 a security camera caught footage of two men and a woman walking the property around 3:30 p.m. before a gun safe was pulled...
Kelowna drug house raided by RCMP
KELOWNA – Drugs and guns were seized during an RCMP raid at a known drug house in Kelowna. Police executed a search warrant at the house in the 1800-block of High Rd. on Tuesday, Jan. 13 on the look for guns, according to an RCMP media release. Mounties say there were a large number of...
Hells Angel found guilty on weapons charges
KELOWNA – The public may never know what would have happened had four armed men not been pulled over for speeding two years ago—but what police found inside the vehicle that night was enough to convict two of them of almost a dozen charges. Full patch Hells Angel Joseph Bruce Skreptak and alleged gang associate...