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B.C., Lake Cowichan
2021-07-22 19:45 PDT
Police enforcement of the BC Supreme Court injunction order in the Fairy Creek Watershed area continued today, on July 22, 2021.
Early in the day, 5 individuals were arrested in the Braden Mainline area for obstruction while attempting to erect and occupy three separate tripod structures. They were processed and released in Lake Cowichan.
An additional 6 individuals were arrested in the Reid Mainline area for breaching the injunction (civil contempt of court); 5 of whom were processed and released in Port Renfrew after signing release conditions. One of the individuals, 80 years old, was released without being processed.
Since enforcement began, the RCMP have now arrested 476 individuals; at least 28 of whom were previously arrested. Of the total arrested to date, 352 were for breaching the injunction (civil contempt of court), 94 were for obstruction, 5 for a combination of obstruction and breaching their release conditions, 10 were for mischief, 3 were for breaching their release conditions, 4 for assaulting a police officer, 1 for counselling to resist arrest, and 1 wanted Canada-wide on warrants issued by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
Our efforts are now focused on completing the fulsome disclosure packages of our investigations to date related to all those who have been arrested for civil contempt of court and criminal code offenses, and submitting them to the BC Prosecution Service for charge assessment, says C/Supt. John Brewer, Gold Commander of the RCMP Community-Industry Response Group. As a reminder, those who continue to breach the injunction will be arrested and anyone wishing to leave the area will be provided with support and assistance from the RCMP.
Our efforts are now focused on completing the fulsome disclosure packages of our investigations to date related to all those who have been arrested for civil contempt of court and criminal code offenses, and submitting them to the BC Prosecution Service for charge assessment,
As a reminder, those who continue to breach the injunction will be arrested and anyone wishing to leave the area will be provided with support and assistance from the RCMP.
All news releases on the Fairy Creek Watershed police enforcement issued to date can be found on the Lake Cowichan RCMP Detachment website.
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