Police say a man’s complaint of an assault by a hatchet-wielding assailant was fuelled by alcohol, not fact.
Salmon Arm RCMP responded to the alleged assault at Highway 1 and Lakeshore Drive at about 11:05 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3.
Just over three hours later, at 2:15 a.m., police intervened in an altercation at Outlaws Bar on Lakeshore Drive, after observing a brawl between several groups of men.
Two of the men were arrested on scene and jailed until sober.