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2 people were arrested and released pending charges

Prescription morphine was also discovered and it's been confirmed through further investigation that it was not diverted from safer supply drugs.

Police say driver in his 40s died as a result of single-vehicle crash near Drought Road

Mounties are appealing for any possible witnesses to come forward following allegations of police impersonation in the Kamloops area.

Article content KELOWNA — A woman whose motorcycle broke down was left badly shaken after a bizarre roadside encounter with a man she believed to be a police officer. He pulled up in a car with flashing lights and offered to fix her bike — which he did — after she was stopped Saturday afternoon on the shoulder of Highway 97 in Peachland. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Woman shaken after accepting help from suspected fake cop Back to video...

  VANCOUVER -- Police in B.C.’s Interior say they have arrested a suspected police impersonator while he was allegedly in the middle of conducting a fraudulent traffic stop. In a written news release issued on Wednesday, Kelowna RCMP say on May 1 just before 3 p.m. an off-duty officer noticed a non-police vehicle with what looked like police lights on its dashboard. The vehicle appeared to have pulled over another vehicle near the intersection of Highway 97 and Drought Road in Peachland....

by Castlegar Source on Wednesday May 05 2021 A suspected police impersonator is facing potential charges after an off-duty RCMP officer spotted him allegedly conducting what investigators believed to be a traffic stop according to Southeast District, according Cpl. Jocelyn Noseworthy   "On May 1, just before 3:00 p.m., an off-duty officer noticed a non-police vehicle with what appeared to be police lights in the grill. The vehicle appeared to have another car pulled...