Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Police Officers Assaulted

Stop Yields Small Amount of Drugs

A routine vehicle stop in Nanaimo Saturday morning lead to the arrest of 46 year old Nanaimo male for drug possession and assaulting two police officers .

At 2:22 am on June 13 Nanaimo police pulled over a vehicle near the intersection of Albert St and Milton. When the members approached the vehicle one of six cell phones in the vehicle was ringing .

As one of the attending officers leaned into the vehicle to examine the phone, the lone male in the vehicle grabbed the officer by the wrist and attempted to pull him inside the car. A second officer intervened and he was kicked by the male.

Other police officers arrived and the male was taken into custody and arrested for assaulting the police officers. After the male was arrested his clothing was searched and a small quantity of crack cocaine was located.

The male was tranported to the Nanaimo RCMP Detachment and later that evening ,he was releaased from custody on two charges of Assaulting a Police Officer and for Possession of crack cocaine. He is expected to make his first appearance in on Nanaimo Provincial court in August 12.

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