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Okanagan RCMP officers detain a driver in handcuffs

Penticton RCMP officers pulled over a vehicle and handcuffed the driver as they searched the car
Mark Brett
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Penticton RCMP officers talk with a man in handcuffs following a traffic stop near Main Street. (Mark Brett - Western News)

Plainclothes members of Penticton RCMP say they found more than expected during a traffic stop on White Avenue East Monday afternoon.

A handcuffed man was sitting on a curb on the south side of the street as the two members searched the car they had pulled over in their unmarked vehicle which was parked behind.

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A number of items had been placed on the hood of the driver’s car which appeared to be cell phones and prescription pill bottles.

Further information to come.

 

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A plainclothes RCMP officer and a man in handcuffs during a police incident Monday afternoon on White Avenue East. (Mark Brett - Western News)