Mounties arrest nine more people, bringing total to 376 arrests, at blockades designed to prevent old-growth logging on Vancouver Island
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.RCMP in British Columbia have arrested another nine people for breaching an injunction against blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island.
There have now been 376 arrests since police began enforcing the injunction in May, including at least 26 people who have been arrested more than once.Of the total number arrested, 286 were for breaching the injunction, 78 were for obstruction, seven were for mischief, two for breaching their release conditions, two for assaulting a police officer and one for counselling to resist arrest.