(JOHN MCDONALD / iNFOnews.ca)
Republished March 09, 2016 - 4:37 PM
Original Publication Date March 09, 2016 - 1:25 PM
KAMLOOPS - Two men were arrested for gun and theft-related charges in the Westsyde area yesterday evening.
The detachment received a report about two suspicious males in a vehicle near Sandpiper Drive around 5:20 p.m., yesterday, March 8, Sgt. Darren Michels with Kamloops RCMP says.
After attending the area and locating the vehicle, unoccupied, officers noticed two long-barrelled firearms in plain view inside the vehicle.
Michels says the two male suspects were located and arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of stolen property obtained by a crime and theft.
Sgt. Bob Fogarty says another man, a prolific offender, was arrested for posessing a stolen bike and breach of probation on Monday, March 7.
For the last month, Fogarty says Kamloops RCMP has received several complaints about criminal activity in and around a particular residence on Sandpiper Drive.
"As a result, the Kamloops RCMP Crime Reduction Unit and uniformed members initiated and continued investigations in the area resulting in a number of recent enforcement actions related to this residence," he says in a release.
After the man's arrest on Monday, Kamloops RCMP executed a search warrant on the residence, in which they found more stolen property.
Fogarty says police did not speak publicly about the search warrant so officers could made additional arrests.
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— This story was updated at 4:32 p.m., March 9, 2016, to include additional information from an RCMP press release.
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