RCMP Briefs: A number of stolen ‘high-end tools’ recovered by police in Brooks

By Medicine Hat News on September 26, 2024.

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Mounties in Brooks say they discovered a trove of power tools while investigating a homeless encampment in that city last week.

RCMP say Brooks bylaw enforcement officers alerted them to the location on Sept. 20. When they arrived they discovered a large hole in the ground where a number of “high-end tools” were found.

Officers are now attempting to determine rightful owners of the equipment, while the investigation is ongoing.

Suspected DUIs

Mounties were called to assist a city peace officer in Brooks on Sept. 19 after a vehicle was clocked at 93 kilometres per hour in a 50-zone on Second Street W., and ran a red light.

The driver refused to provide a breath sample to RCMP officers and was charged with failing to comply and ticketed for speeding. The vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

In a separate incident the same day, RCMP responded after a vehicle hit a parked car and say they apprehended the female driver after a brief foot chase. She was given a roadside sanction and is due to appear in court in November.

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