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Kamloops Robbery

Two teens arrested following armed robbery in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Two teens have been arrested following an armed robbery that took place in downtown Kamloops early Sunday evening. An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman allegedly entered a vehicle on St. Paul Street West where two other teens were seated around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, and presented knives before demanding phones and...

Pharmacy robbed at gunpoint in downtown Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Mounties are on the search for a male suspect after a downtown pharmacy was robbed at gunpoint this morning. Kamloops RCMP received a call around 8:45 a.m. today, Dec. 23, for a robbery at the Kipp-Mallery Pharmacy at the corner of Third Avenue and Victoria Street. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says the male entered...

Kamloops Cannabis Society increases security after armed robbery

KAMLOOPS - A local compassion club is upping its security after staff were robbed at gunpoint last week. The director of the Canadian Safe Cannabis Society Carl Anderson says he’s "disgusted" by the robbery and notes staff members are coping with help from Kamloops RCMP Victims’ Services branch. Around 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 17, a suspect carrying...

Marijuana compassion club targeted in Kamloops armed robbery

KAMLOOPS - The serious crime unit is investigating after a North Shore business was robbed at gunpoint earlier this week. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for Kamloops RCMP, says a male entered Canadian Safe Cannabis Society at 405 Tranquille Rd. around 4:30 p.m., Nov. 17, and demanded cash along with marijuana products. Bush says the...

Bear spray used in Sahali 7-Eleven robbery

KAMLOOPS - A lone suspect made off with cigarettes and cash after bear-spraying the clerk at 7-Eleven Tuesday morning. A lone male robbed the 7-Eleven on Summit Drive just before 6 a.m. on Oct. 27. The male bear-sprayed the clerk and made off with cigarettes and cash. The suspect was wearing a blue jacket, red-...

Woman arrested after robbery with fake firearm in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - A woman has been arrested after using an imitation gun during a North Shore robbery yesterday night. The woman produced the fake firearm and demanded cash near the Ford dealership on Halston Avenue around 10 p.m., Oct. 14. The 53-year-old male victim was assaulted during the robbery, according to a police news release....

Two men arrested in connection with Kamloops pizza delivery driver car-jacking

KAMLOOPS - Two people accused of stealing a Kamloops pizza delivery driver’s car earlier this month were arrested after allegedly stealing a second pizza delivery driver’s vehicle in Grand Forks, B.C. Sgt. Darren Oelke with the Trail RCMP says in a media release two suspects approached the driver and robbed them of their cash and...

Accused in Brocklehurst robbery facing charges

KAMLOOPS - One of two people charged with robbery is in custody after a Brocklehurst robbery earlier this week. Chad Vincent Patrick Raedeke, born 1980, and Kathryn Hope Thomas, born 1987, were charged Aug. 5. Police arrested the suspects after a woman was bear sprayed around 7:30 p.m. before she had her cell phone stolen....