Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 24 Jan, 2024 11:38 AM
Mounties in Chilliwack say a man is dead after a hit-and-run collision last week.
Chilliwack R-C-M-P says officers found an unresponsive male lying on the side of the road on January 18th after receiving a report.
Police say paramedics also attended the scene and pronounced the man dead.
Mounties say two frontline officers later located and seized the vehicle involved in the crash and the vehicle remains in police custody for further forensic analysis.
Surrey RCMP is seeking information following an armed robbery that occurred at a Newton business Wednesday morning. On Wednesday, at approximately 11:08 a.m. Surrey RCMP received the report of an armed robbery at a business located in the 8100-block of 128 Street. One person sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to hospital.
Surrey R-C-M-P say their financial crimes unit investigated the alleged fraud spanning from 2015 to 2021 after a victim came forward claiming they lost millions of dollars in real estate investment opportunities. Police say Raj allegedly committed large-scale financial fraud and was arrested and charged with fraud over five-thousand dollars.
A 61-year-old man who accidentally left his cellphone at a New Westminster SkyTrain station is now facing child porn charges. A statement from the Transit Police says pornography was found on the phone when it was searched for contact information, so it could be returned.
A jury has found former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Jay Ortis guilty of breaching Canada's secrets law. Jurors declared Ortis guilty of three counts of violating the Security of Information Act and one count of attempting to do so in a verdict delivered on Wednesday.
Surrey Mounties say charges have been laid against a wanted man who was arrested last week, allegedly while in possession of a loaded gun. Mounties say officers were patrolling on Saturday when they recognized the 42-year-old man from a previous incident.
A crane was used to extract three injured workers to safety in downtown Vancouver after a facade fell off a church building onto scaffolding. Samantha Newlove, a traffic control worker, said the incident happened on Wednesday as concrete was being pumped into a chimney on the building, which burst, toppled over and pushed over a scaffolding tower, pinning workers underneath.