WATCH: RCMP arrested 10 people at a crime-ridden property in Chilliwack. Kristen Robinson reports on the busts and what the homeowner had to say when confronted by our crew.
Chilliwack RCMP have arrested ten people inside a home that neighbours say is the scene of constant criminal activity.
It happened today around 1 p.m. Officers raided the home on Rotary Street on a drug bust, two days after Global News aired video of suspected criminal activity outside the home captured by a concerned neighbour.
“We’ve had to put cameras up here because our neighbourhood has come to be an extreme living zone,” said neighbour Nicole Iezzi earlier this week.
“There’s really absolutely no reason for our neighbourhood to disintegrate in this manner.”
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While several of the people arrested today have been released, four remained in custody tonight.
The owner of the home, Denvar Van Rooi, says that he had reported his concerns about drugs to police.
“I reported it to police, and apparently they didn’t tell me how they were going to conduct business. Off to jail went some of them, this was a relief,” he said tonight.
“It’s drug related, it’s people that I rented to that took in squatters and that had drug problems and casino problems and it was compounded.”
Asked why it took so long for action to be taken, he said his hands were tied.
“A landlord has no right to restrict a tenant’s access to the place, and I couldn’t very well go into people’s pockets to see what you’re bringing into the property and what you’re bringing out,” he said, adding that he was unaware of many specifics because he lived in Mission.
“Unless it was brought from my attention from one tenant to another, there was way no for me to know that somebody had a drug problem to begin with. I can’t mindread, nor I can go into someone’s pockets. It’s out of my jurisdiction.”
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