RCMP Community Connection for August 3 – 9

August 14, 2026 - Mission, British Columbia
From: Mission RCMP

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Here’s a snapshot of some of the work we did last week:

• Calls for service that week: 367
• Proactive patrols of identified hot spots: 45
• Curfew checks: 44

Calls of interest:

On the evening of August 3, a backcountry explorer reported seeing a pickup truck that had been abandoned in the middle of Weatherhead Creek, near Davis Lake.  Mission RCMP attended, requiring the use of ATVs to reach the location.  A grey 2019 Dodge Ram 1500 was located submerged up to the bottom of its doors in the creek.  A call to the owner confirmed that he had last left it parked outside his residence in Abbotsford, and that it must have been stolen while he was out of town.  The truck appeared to have been in the creek for some time, as the interior was already covered in mildew.  The truck has since been recovered from the creek.  Anyone who was in the area and recalls seeing anyone around the truck, or anything suspicious, should call Mission RCMP at 604-826-7161, file 2026-10190.

Mission RCMP officers on patrol on the evening of August 4 smelled smoke south of Lougheed Highway.  As they entered the trails leading to an area of multiple long-standing homeless camps near the Fraser River, persons in the area confirmed that one of the camps was on fire.  Police notified Mission Fire Rescue Service, who attended and extinguished the fire before it spread.  One of the persons living in the camp advised that they had lit several candles while trying to repair a solar panel, and that the candles were left unattended and may have started the blaze.  No one was injured in the fire.

On the evening of August 4, a witness reported that there was a group of six men a few kilometres up the Lost Creek Forest Service Road, and one of them was shooting a handgun.  The group was reportedly associated to a white Chrysler 300. Mission RCMP responded, and while on the way there, officers spotted the Chrysler 300 driving down Sylvester Road. Police stopped the vehicle and determined only three occupants were inside.  The vehicle was searched, and although a box of shotgun shells was located, no firearms were in the vehicle.  None of the persons inside the vehicle matched the description provided by the witness.  The occupants, who were all from Surrey, were warned that no shooting was permitted up Lost Creek Road.  The person who had been shooting the handgun was not located.

Around 1 am on August 4, a 34-year-old woman from Rosedale was driving her black Nissan Kicks in the area of the train crossing near Hawkins Pickle Road when she reportedly thought the train tracks were a street, and turned onto them, quickly getting her car stuck on the tracks.  She got out and attempted to push her car off of the tracks, but wisely walked away from it when she saw a train approaching.  The train collided with her car, forcing the train to stop, and blocking the crossing for an extended period.  The woman exhibited signs of impairment, and failed two roadside screening device tests.  She received a 90-day driving prohibition, and her vehicle (what was left of it) was impounded for 30 days.

A number of other impaired drivers were also pulled off the roads in Mission last week.  On August 8, shortly after midnight, Mission RCMP were holding an impaired-driving road check when a Toyota electric SUV drove up.  The 19-year-old woman provided two breath samples, both resulting in a “Warn” reading, leading to a 3-day driving prohibition and a 3-day vehicle impound.  A few minutes later, a 1994 Chevrolet Camaro drove up to the same road check.  The driver’s chewing gum did little to mask the odour of liquor emanating from him. The 40-year-old male from Mission failed two roadside screening device tests.  Soon after that, the 54-year-old male driver of a blue Ford Bronco also failed two breath tests.  Both him and the Camaro driver were issued 90 day driving bans, and had their vehicles impounded for 30 days.  Anyone who receives a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition is also required to pay thousands of dollars of administrative and impound fees before getting their license and vehicle back.

A Mission RCMP officer on patrol in Mission on the evening of August 9 spotted a suspicious vehicle parked near Lougheed Highway and Haig Street.  The officer stopped to speak with the driver, who appeared unusually nervous, and displayed signs of being impaired by drugs.  A variety of factors indicated the man was involved in drug trafficking, leading to a search of the vehicle.  Substances believed to be cocaine, methamphetamines and ecstasy were located, as well as other evidence of drug trafficking.  The drugs were seized, the man was issued a 24-hour driving prohibition, and his vehicle was impounded.

Out-of-towners got into a conflict at Hayward Lake on the morning of August 3.  One man drove out from Burnaby to take his family to the lake, but found the parking lot was full.  Upon closer inspection, he noticed that a grey Honda Civic was taking up two stalls. The man from Burnaby asked the other driver to move, but that driver said he had come from Surrey, and was saving the second spot for his own family.  An argument ensued, with one man reportedly filming the other with his cell phone.  The Burnaby driver then became upset that police did not respond immediately to deal with the incident.  Mission RCMP remind the public that all calls are responded to in priority order, and as much as we can empathize with how frustrating that situation must have been, parking complaints often take a back-seat to more urgent matters.

On the lighter side

If you recently purchased a large acreage, and, while wandering your property, noticed a weird-looking black bag in the forest, and in the bag you found a weird-looking green box, and in the box, you found a large amount of dynamite…what would you do?  Hopefully, you would move past any initial thoughts of Wile E. Coyote’s fascination with sticks of ACME dynamite, and would do exactly as one particular property owner recently did – and call police!  The RCMP’s Explosives Disposal Unit is specially trained in handling all sorts of explosives, from dynamite, to blasting caps, to improvised explosive devices, to military ordinance.  They attend with their special suits, robots, and expertise, to help confirm whether something is dangerous, and dispose of it safely if needed.  Although Mr. Coyote seemed to have an endless number of lives, the rest of us have just one. If you happen to come across something that you think might be an explosive, do not transport or move it, keep everyone well away from it, and call police.  Meep meep!

Ways to connect with Mission RCMP:

• Emergency: 911
• Non-emergency: 604-826-7161.
• Online crime reporting
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