Thursday, March 28, 2024
ADVT 
National

Individuals being drugged & robbed while utilizing escort services throughout Surrey

Darpan News Desk Surrey RCMP, 19 Aug, 2022 03:40 PM
  • Individuals being drugged & robbed while utilizing escort services throughout Surrey

Surrey RCMP is cautioning members of the public following several instances involving individuals being drugged and robbed while utilizing escort services throughout the region. 

Police have become aware of several instances of individuals hiring an escort online, meeting at pre-arranged locations across the Lower Mainland, being drugged and waking up to find their valuables stolen. 

These occurrences are concerning as they pose a high risk to the health and safety of the individuals being drugged with unknown substances.  If you have been drugged, it is highly recommended that you seek medical assistance immediately.

Any encounters that involve meeting up with unknown individuals that take place behind closed doors, brings about inherent risk to all parties involved. If you choose to meet with unknown individuals, it is recommended to take precautions, including:

  • Maintain continuity of all food or beverages you consume to ensure that they have not been spiked.
  • Do not consume anything provided to you by the other person.
  • Do not use drugs or alcohol that can impair your ability to keep yourself safe.
  • Let a trusted person know where you are who can contact police should you not check in with them by a specified time.

Police believe that there are likely additional victims who are reluctant to make a police report.

Surrey RCMP is encouraging anyone who has been a victim of a similar incident to contact their police of jurisdiction and make a police report.

Logo courtesy of Instagram-Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers. 

MORE National ARTICLES

New passport service sites open amid backlog

New passport service sites open amid backlog
Urgent services for people who can prove they need a passport within 48 hours are only available in bigger urban centres — Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Gatineau, Que.

New passport service sites open amid backlog

Mandarin and Punjabi are the most common non-official languages in the country

Mandarin and Punjabi are the most common non-official languages in the country
Mandarin and Punjabi are the most common non-official languages, with more than a million people predominantly speaking one of the two languages. Statistics Canada noted a large increase in the growth of the number of Canadians who predominantly speak South Asian languages such as Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi or Malayalam since the last census in 2016, a rise which was fuelled by immigration.

Mandarin and Punjabi are the most common non-official languages in the country

Possible attempted abduction in Abbotsford, B.C.

Possible attempted abduction in Abbotsford, B.C.
A statement from Const. Jody Thomas says an unknown man tried to pull the youngster from a ground floor bedroom window of a home on Abbotsford's east side. It happened just before 9 p.m. Monday.

Possible attempted abduction in Abbotsford, B.C.

Sept. rate hike expected despite slowing inflation

Sept. rate hike expected despite slowing inflation
Still, inflation is well above the Bank of Canada’s two per cent target. Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem made that very point in an op-ed published by the National Post on Tuesday, saying inflation "remains far too high" and emphasizing the central bank's role in bringing inflation down.

Sept. rate hike expected despite slowing inflation

The ArriveCan conundrum: Does the app have a use?

The ArriveCan conundrum: Does the app have a use?
The glitch-prone app touted as an efficient border tool early in the pandemic has become a punching bag for critics who question its utility ⁠ — but ArriveCan may be here to stay. The government insists it's a useful tool. Critics say it has outlived its use, if it ever had one.

The ArriveCan conundrum: Does the app have a use?

Wolf escape at B.C. zoo suspected as 'malicious'

Wolf escape at B.C. zoo suspected as 'malicious'
Earlier, British Columbia's Environment Ministry had said that only one wolf was still missing at the zoo, located about 55 kilometres east of Vancouver in the community of Aldergrove. It did not say how many had escaped at the facility, which says it has nine adult grey wolves and six cubs.  

Wolf escape at B.C. zoo suspected as 'malicious'