Kelowna RCMP are reporting no significant events during this past weekend’s Center of Gravity.
Enforcement was enhanced for the weekend event with members of the B.C. Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit and the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams brought in.
Plain clothes officers did target drug trafficking offences and several arrests were made.
Police say in one case, officers saw a suspected drug dealer enter a port-a-potty on site with suspected buyers. He was arrested on the way out of the toilet and the 28-year-old Kelowna man was found in possession of nearly 20 grams of what police believe is MDMA.
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Officers with the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team encountered an Alberta man wanted in Alberta on several outstanding warrants.
RCMP also arrested an intoxicated man who smashed out the rear window of a marked police car. He was released from custody on a promise to appear.
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Traffic officers issued several Immediate Roadside Prohibitions.
Police say calls were down this weekend compared to last year. Kelowna RCMP responded to 257 calls over the weekend as compared to 384 calls for service during the Center of Gravity weekend, 2015.
In total, 83 prisoners were transported from Center of Gravity site to Kelowna RCMP Detachment cellblocks.
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