RCMP called to incident that closes West 琉璃神社 drug store

According to RCMP, a robbery didn鈥檛 take place and pepper spray wasn鈥檛 involved

Jordy Cunningham
Mar 16, 2024 3:17 PM Mar 16, 2024 3:18 PM

web1_240322-wek-shoppers-robbery_1 — An incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. on at the Shoppers Drug Mart in West 琉璃神社, but it wasn鈥檛 a robbery and no pepper spray was involved, according to the 琉璃神社 RCMP. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)

Shoppers Drug Mart in West 琉璃神社 is temporary closed due to an incident.

A witness told Black Press Media that an alleged robbery took place around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 16. It was also believed pepper spray was used.

However, according to the RCMP, the incident wasn鈥檛 a robbery and wasn鈥檛 as significant as originally thought.

鈥淭here was an incident, but not a robbery,鈥� 琉璃神社 RCMP media relations officer Sgt. Judith Bertrand told Capital News. 鈥淪omebody reported as a pepper spray incident, but it wasn鈥檛. Nobody was victimized like that.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 very routine, it鈥檚 not a significant event,鈥� added Bertrand. 鈥淭he report came in as significant and when [officers] got there, it turned out it was not that. Officers attended and confirmed that nobody was pepper sprayed.鈥�

One store employee was reportly sent home following the incident.

It鈥檚 unknown at this time exactly what the incident was.

About the Author: Jordy Cunningham

Hailing from Ladner, B.C., I have been passionate about sports, especially baseball, since I was young. In 2018, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree

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