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Police are seeking witnesses of a single-motorcycle crash Monday on Highway 97 at University Way.

The cleanup is expected to take a couple of days to complete, and the rail trail will be closed to public traffic as the work continues.

"Because this incident also included a structure fire in the location of interest, it will take some time before our officers can safely go in and continue the investigation."

The City of White Rock is working on possibly adding CCTV cameras in public spaces to increase public safety and deter crime.

Search warrants were executed in March as the culmination of a lengthy investigation in relation to property crime and drug trafficking throughout the Central Okanagan area.

In 2023, reported frauds increased 41 per cent, driven by tap schemes and phone or online scams, Triance told councillors. 

Prescription morphine was also discovered and it's been confirmed through further investigation that it was not diverted from safer supply drugs.

They're still awaiting a search warrant that will allow them to lawfully go inside and start collecting evidence, RCMP said in a press release.

Kelowna RCMP say the the road is closed between Leathead Road and Hartman Road, and they are asking motorists to avoid the area.

Police say the multiple-vehicle collision on Highway 33 happened around 1 a.m., around 12 km east of Kelowna, in the Joe Rich neighbourhood.

The Director of Civil Forfeiture launched a civil lawsuit against Okanagan resident Kulwant Singh Bal, who owns a used car lot in Kelowna.

ALERT said it has arrested and charged five people in connection with the investigation of an alleged drug-trafficking network in Edmonton and Fort McMurray.

Police seized approximately $4,000 in Canadian currency and thousands of potentially toxic drug doses including cocaine, fentanyl, hydromorphone, dilaudid and oxycodone pills.

A traffic stop in Kelowna's Rutland neighbourhood in December led Mounties to a significant cache of drugs and money, Mounties said. 

Police say Stanley Jean-Baptiste, 36, was arrested in Montreal on Dec. 8, and that he’s to be transported to Kelowna.

The RCMP’s FSOC unit “specifically targets organized crime groups whose criminal activities pose a serious threat to Canada, and our international partners.”

After police stopped the vehicle, they determined its two occupants were wanted on outstanding warrants. The men face charges related to drug and weapons offences, among others.

The highway reopened early Saturday after being closed most of Friday following a vehicle fire around 20 kilometres from West Kelowna.

CCTV of the theft showed a white Ford pickup truck departing the residence hauling the large fibreglass boat on a trailer, Kelowna RCMP said Monday.

Local officials have released some safety tips ahead of Halloween night in the Okanagan.