British Columbia’s Police Departments are combining their efforts in making homes across BC safer by declaring a province-wide Gun Amnesty during the month of June. The program, endorsed by the BC Association of Chiefs of Police, runs from June 1-30. During this time, residents of BC will be able to safely dispose of unwanted, documented […]

Nelson City Police, with help from RCMP detachment, charged a 37-year-old man for breaking and entering after a house was burglarized. NPD was made aware of the burglary when a Nelson man attended his mother’s house, finding the residence had been broken into Monday (May 27). Officers, with assistance of RCMP identification section, immediately opened […]

A Castlegar man will be facing charges after being arrested Saturday, according to RCMP Cpl Darryl Orr. “On May 25 at 12:25 a.m., members of the Castlegar Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) arrested a 47-year-old  male for Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act,” Orr said. “The male […]

Nelson Police dealt with a series of calls the weekend as the public enjoyed the first long weekend of the summer. The calls ranged from man unlawfully in Canada to drug seizures and officers involved in a foot chase through the streets of Nelson to catch a naked man. Downtown chase leads to arrest of […]

The Nelson Police Department want to alert the public of a pyramid scam that is circulating in the Heritage City. NPD was advised of the scam at 10 p.m. Tuesday (May 14) when a victim was recruited to produce a large sum of money. The scam target single mothers and operates under the name, the […]

On May 15, 73-year-old Joyce Ramsden was convicted of trafficking in cocaine and sentenced to two years in jail.   Forty-four-year-old Rodney Gritchen was found guilty of Possession of cocaine and handed a $400 fine.   The matter regarding the third male, 49-year-old Peter Nevakshonoff, is still before the courts and he is ...

It’s never a happy ending to a birthday celebration when the Birthday Boy ends up in jail. That’s exactly what happened to a 37-year-old man after alcohol took over the party Friday (May 10) at Finley’s Pub in Nelson. Nelson City Police received a call late Friday of an intoxicated man fighting with patrons. When […]

A man was sent to police lockup after calling 9-1-1 to say someone was chasing him with a gun near the Lakeside Soccer Fields in the early hours of Friday morning. The call was one of 60 NPD officers responded to during the past week. When police arrived at the soccer fields, they found an […]

Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC) put a major dent into organized crime by shutting down four high-tech marijuana operations near Mission Friday. CFSEU-BC, with support from the Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team (LMD ERT), Surrey RCMP, and RCMP Air Services, executed five search warrants Friday (May 3) morning on five properties, arresting […]

Earlier this morning, members of the Castlegar RCMP detachment, along members of the crime reduction unit, executed a search warrant for theft of electricity at a residence located on Columbia Road in Ootischenia, according to Cpl. Darryl Orr. “Upon entry into the residence, a sophisticated three-room grow op was discovered containing approximately 400 marijuana plants,” […]