Bandits hop in rescue chopper: police
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Updated: August 05, 2009 3:56 PM
Police have arrested two local youths for breaking into a North Shore Rescue compound and tampering with a rescue chopper.
Cpl. Marlene Morton said a security guard visited a secure NSR location around Mount Seymour to find two young males in the area.
"They told the security guard they were lost and took off," said Morton. A guard phoned police after finding a door pried open.
One young male returned to the scene shortly after and Police Dog Services found another hiding in a ditch.
After a search of the compound, one helicopter was found to have been tampered with by the suspects, said Morton.
She said the helicopter was delayed in a trip to Lillooet today where it was scheduled to help fight forest fires. She said the aircraft needed a diagnostic by a flight engineer before it could be deemed flight-worthy.
kmcmanus@northshoreoutlook.com
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