Police watchdog investigating incident in North Okanagan

B.C.’s police watchdog is investigating a Thursday night incident that shut down traffic through a North Okanagan street amid a heavy RCMP presence.

“The IIO is investigating an incident that took place last night near Learmouth Road and Highway 6,” Simon Druker, media and communications liaison for the Independent Investigations Office said in a statement.

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“We are not releasing any further information at this point.”

The police have declined to answer questions about what it was that had the rural street in Lavington locked down early Thursday night.

Witnesses said numerous police vehicles were seen throughout Thursday on Lavington’s Learmouth Road, including the emergency response team truck.

Once police left, a pickup truck with broken windows was towed from the scene.