A 33-year-old Kelowna man remains in police custody for suspected drug dealing in Salmon Arm.
At 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5, Salmon Arm RCMP received information of suspected drug dealing from a local hotel.
Police investigation revealed that a guest of the hotel had several warrants for his arrest from Vernon. Subsequent to the arrest, a quantity of heroin that had been packaged for sale was located.
Mechanical trouble
A mechanical problem appears to be the cause of a single vehicle collision at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6. Police responded to the scene on Foothill Road where a minivan had left the roadway and collided with a telephone pole, shearing the pole in two.
The driver advised that shortly after turning onto the road, the accelerator pedal became stuck.
Neither the driver nor passenger in the vehicle required medical assistance.
Removed from road
At 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 7 police stopped a vehicle driving on Salmon River Road.
The 53-year-old male driver from Salmon Arm was determined to be intoxicated. He was relieved of his driving privileges and his vehicle was impounded.