Close X
Monday, November 11, 2024
ADVT 
National

Chemicals, Materials Used In Drug Labs Found At Suspicious Surrey Fire

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 08 Sep, 2015 11:17 AM
    VANCOUVER — Police are investigating a suspicious fire in Surrey, B.C.
     
    The fire started just after 9 a.m. Monday at a rural property on 40 Avenue, near 157 Street.
     
    Staff Sgt. Joe Johal of the Surrey RCMP says in a release that the fire started in an outbuilding, which was fully engulfed.
     
    Johal says the fire appears to be suspicious, but officers are still trying to determined what sparked the blaze.
     
    Investigators found materials and chemicals that are often used in clandestine drug labs on the property, and blocked off the area.
     
    Surrey RCMP's Drug Section Unit and 'E' Division Clandestine Enforcement and Response Team are investigating.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Canada Added 12,000 Jobs In August, Unemployment Rate Increases To 7.0 Per Cent

    Canada Added 12,000 Jobs In August, Unemployment Rate Increases To 7.0 Per Cent
    Signs that Canada's economy is beginning to pick up following a sluggish start to the year grew brighter Friday as Statistics Canada said the country added 12,000 jobs in August.

    Canada Added 12,000 Jobs In August, Unemployment Rate Increases To 7.0 Per Cent

    SkyGreece Files For Protection After Halting Operations, Stranding Hundreds

    SkyGreece Files For Protection After Halting Operations, Stranding Hundreds
    MONTREAL — SkyGreece Airlines has filed for creditor protection in Canada, a week after halting operations and standing hundreds of passengers.

    SkyGreece Files For Protection After Halting Operations, Stranding Hundreds

    Police Officer's Role In Premier Paul Davis Ad Raises Questions Of Rights, Restrictions

    ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The uproar this week over a police inspector's role in an online video endorsing the Newfoundland and Labrador premier is raising questions about rights and acceptable restrictions.

    Police Officer's Role In Premier Paul Davis Ad Raises Questions Of Rights, Restrictions

    Supreme Court Dismisses Chevron Appeal In Ecuador Environmental Damages Case

    Supreme Court Dismisses Chevron Appeal In Ecuador Environmental Damages Case
    The 7-0 ruling allows the case to proceed in Canada, but it makes no finding on the merits of the long-running legal saga that has played out in courtrooms across the Western Hemisphere.

    Supreme Court Dismisses Chevron Appeal In Ecuador Environmental Damages Case

    Photo Project With The New Yorker Magazine Features Residential School Survivors

    Photo Project With The New Yorker Magazine Features Residential School Survivors
    International photojournalist Daniella Zalcman has partnered with The New Yorker magazine to show her project on Canada's residential school survivors.

    Photo Project With The New Yorker Magazine Features Residential School Survivors

    Manitoba Government Adds Support Money For Syrian Refugees

    Premier Greg Selinger says an extra $40,000 is being given to settlement service providers in the province, so that they can accommodate hundreds more refugees in the coming months.

    Manitoba Government Adds Support Money For Syrian Refugees