City police say an ecstasy bust they made last month was the largest ever in the city, and one of the largest in the country. 2 B.C. men are facing numerous charges after cops seized 65 kilos of the drug from a vehicle pulled over for speeding. The street price of those drugs was worth well over 6 million dollars.
A 19 year old man faces 5 dozen sex charges involving 11 young boys. RCMP say the alleged offences happened between 2002 and July of this year. The boys assaulted ranged in age from 8 to 14. And because some of them said the alleged offences happened when the man was under 18, he can’t be identified.
Hurricane Bill has weakened slightly this morning to a category 3 storm, as it continues to roar across the Atlantic. Forecasters say it’s currently on a track towards the Maritime provinces, but, they say it’s still too soon to tell if it’ll make landfall.
A Seattle woman is suing magician David Copperfield, saying he sexually assaulted and threatened her while she was a guest on his private island in the Bahamas. Copperfield’s lawyers call the suit, an extortion for money, plain and simple. Reports say the woman is a 22 year old former Miss Washington U.S.A. contestant.
The “bobbies” got their men. British police have found and arrested 2 men involved in one of Britain’s biggest ever jewel heists. A massive search was underway after 2 well dressed men walked into a central London jewelry store a couple of weeks ago, with handguns…and ripped off rings, bracelets, necklaces and watches worth 66 million dollars. Police announced the arrests last night, but released no other details.
Rock n roll hall of famer, Billy Joel is selling a pair of adjacent homes in the Hamptons area for 35 million U.S., after a split from his 3rd wife, Katie Lee Joel. Billy and Katie announced back in June they were separating after 5 years of marriage.
An autopsy will be done on the body of a man found in a neighborhood park in the city’s West End yesterday. Police say a passerby found the body and called it in yesterday morning. So far police don’t know whether foul play was involved in the man’s death…..and his name has not been released.
