
A pair of Lower Mainland motorists got more than the Pokemon they were after.
While trying to "catch 'em all" while behind the wheel, the two unidentified drivers instead netted tickets worth $368.
Police allege the drivers, two women in their early 50s, were playing "Pokemon Go," a free smartphone game that encourages players to travel around looking for cartoon monsters.
The game made by Nintendo and Niantic uses players' GPS, and shows the creatures on screen as though they were in the same location as the player. Users then try to capture the critters.
The Pokemon players' tickets were posted online less than a week after another Lower Mainland police force made another unique distracted driving story public.
On Thursday, a driver was ticketed twice in eight minutes when their rental car was pulled over at Granville Street and West Broadway, and again just six blocks away.