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Drunk drivers and drug busts

by Ragnar Haagen - Story: 87784
Feb 22, 2013 / 10:00 am

Salmon Arm RCMP officers have been busy over the past few days with drunk drivers and drug busts.

On Feb. 18 around 8 p.m., officers attended a single vehicle collision near the intersection of 5th Street and 9th Avenue. They found an intoxicated 53-year-old male driver from Salmon Arm. He facing charges of impaired driving.

The following day, police responded to a report of an intoxicated male near the train tracks on Marine Park Drive. A 66-year-old Salmon Arm resident was taken to police cells until he was able to sober up.

On Feb. 21 at approximately 8:30 p.m., RCMP officers executed a search warrant to a residence in the 600 block of 2nd Avenue. They were on scene searching for stolen property from the Salmon Arm area and also found a quantity of marijuana packaged for sale.



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