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Two pounds of marijuana and several thousands of dollars in cash were seized by Nelson Police Department after an officer observed a suspicious vehicle near the City yards Thursday night.
An officer on patrol noted the car occupied by two males in the area of the City of Nelson public works yard on Lakeside Drive late Thursday evening.
When the officer stopped the car the resulting investigation of the two males uncovered some marijuana. The two males, aged 18 and 15, were arrested for possession of marijuana, the vehicle was subsequently impounded and a search warrant was obtained.
“The search of the vehicle revealed two pounds of dried and packaged marijuana and several thousand dollars in cash,” said Sgt. Steve Bank.
The two males from Cranbrook are now facing charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of proceeds of crime. They will appear in Nelson Provincial Court on December 1.
On Saturday afternoon, a 25-year-old man was once bitten twice shy as he caused mischief and a disturbance on two separate occasions in downtown Nelson.
Initially the man allegedly caused several hundred dollars worth of damage to a gas-powered scooter with his skateboard, an act which netted him a mischief under $5,000 charge.
He was released soon after the 3 p.m. incident — with a promise to appear in court and a condition not to attend the store where the mischief occurred. He did not comply.
A few minutes after he was released he went straight back to the store and was arrested for causing a disturbance and failing to comply with his conditions. The man was remanded into custody and will appear in Rossland Provincial Court September 21.
Later that night police were embroiled in a domestic dispute at a local hotel around 10 p.m.
Police had received a call from the hotel staff concerned there was a possible dispute in one of the rooms. NPD officers found a 42-year-old female and a 32-year-old male had been drinking all evening and yelling at each other in the room.
They were arrested outside of their hotel room for breach of the peace and being intoxicated in a public place. The two spent the night in jail but were released the following morning.
Bob says... 
They are "victims", surely - but of their own stupidity and greed. A big bag of dope and a slug of cash?...that's called dealing. And a 15-yr old? Jeez. Anyway, as a juvenile he won't have a record. The 18 yr old deserves to have one for embroiling the kid in this.
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