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By Dylana Kneeshaw

PROPERTY CRIME INVESTIGATION

Arrest made, stolen bikes recovered after police raid Parkcrest Avenue house

Feb 19, 2025 | 4:20 PM

KAMLOOPS — Kamloops RCMP say a visible police presence on the city’s North Shore Wednesday morning (Feb. 19) led to one arrest.

Around 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, frontline officers and the local detachment’s Crime Reduction Unit arrived at a home in the 1800-block of Parkcrest Avenue to execute a search warrant related to an ongoing property crime investigation.

A section of the road was shut down for nearly two hours while police were on scene. RCMP state in an update that a stolen e-bike and a stolen dirt bike were recovered from the property.

After the search, a man was arrested just before 2:00 p.m. along Tranquille Road as part of the investigation. Police say he is still in custody.

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“The property in question is one that is well-known to the neighbourhood and to police for suspected criminal activities,” Kamloops RCMP Supt. Jeff Pelley states in the emailed release. “We fully anticipate this ongoing investigation and proactive enforcement will lead to the submission of charge recommendations as part of the assessment and approval process. We encourage the public to continue to provide assistance to police by reporting suspicious occurrences and sharing information with us, such as security video, which may be related to this or other offences.”

Anybody with information related to this incident is urged to call the Kamloops RCMP detachment at 250-828-3000.