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B.C., Lake Cowichan
2021-08-23 19:18 PDT
Police enforcement of the BC Supreme Court injunction order in the Fairy Creek Watershed area continued late afternoon yesterday, on August 22, 2021, after several individuals attempted to dig new trenches along the Granite Mainline Forestry Road and blocked officers from leaving the area by parking vehicles along the road. Officers were able to stop the digging and quickly refilled the shallow trenches, and vehicles that blocked the road were towed away.
8 individuals were arrested yesterday for breaching the injunction (contempt of court). Several others who did not want to be arrested, piled into 6 vehicles and voluntarily and peacefully drove off.
Today, on August 23, 2021, officers focussed enforcement activities in the same area of the Granite Mainline Forest Service Road.
After being removed from tripods, two individuals were arrested today for breaching the injunction (contempt of court). They were processed and released in Port Renfrew.
Two other individuals in locking devices in the ground were assessed and preliminary efforts to extract them were started. They will be monitored overnight and efforts will continue tomorrow.
Larger image of individuals in locking devices laying on the ground
Larger image of extraction efforts to remove individuals from locking device
A recent review of arrests to date indicates that since enforcement began, the RCMP have arrested 788 individuals; 56 of whom were previously arrested with a combined total of 133 times. Of the total arrested, 612 were for breaching the injunction (contempt of court), 147 were for obstruction, 13 were for mischief, 6 were for breaching their release conditions, 5 were for assaulting a police officer, 2 were for failing to comply with a court order, 1 for counselling to resist arrest, 1 for causing a disturbance, and 1 wanted Canada-wide on warrants issued by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
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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