A rarely heard from section of the Coquitlam RCMP recently paired up with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources in an unusual investigation.
The Rural Policing Unit, along with the ministry, removed 15 abandoned cars and trucks from the north end of Pitt Lake. The vehicles had become environmental hazards as they were badly decomposing and leaking toxic fluids into the lake.
Vehicles that weren't claimed by their owners were loaded on to a barge and sent for recycling.
The Rural Policing Unit is reminding the public to use auto recycling facilities and car charities for unwanted vehicles.
In other police news:
An appearance in B.C. Provincial Court in Vancouver for Patrick Judge has been put over again to Thursday.
Judge, a 25-year-old Port Moody resident, is facing one count of participating in a riot, one count of break and enter and two counts of mischief in relation to the 2011 Stanley Cup riot.
According to police, Judge allegedly vandalized a vehicle, attempted to light a couch on fire and broke into a drug store. He is one of four people from the Tri-Cities who have been charged so far in connection with the riots.
Vancouver Police have recommended 674 criminal charges against 225 suspected rioters; 23 people, including Coquitlam's Ryan Dickinson, have pleaded guilty.
In an unrelated matter, Judge will be at court in Port Coquitlam in December to confirm trial dates for a September 2011 assault that took place in Port Moody.
