A recent drink sample has come back negative for any noxious substances after Elk Valley RCMP received seven reports of potential drink spiking in the community.
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“We had sent something back to the lab for that and that came back just this last week,” said Staff Sergeant Svend Nielsen.
“It came back negative, so there were no noxious substances in the sample that was sent, so that’s good news in light of. The other good news is we haven’t received another report of a similar nature.”
Nielsen says they have increased patrols in and around local bars.
“We’re doing active bar patrols and walks. It’s very quick, we don’t want people getting comfortable with us being there, want to only be in there for a short period of time in repetition, maybe once or twice a night,” said Nielsen.
“We just want to be in there, being visible and available, talking to staff and patrons.”
Any future alleged spiking incident in Fernie can be reported to the Elk Valley RCMP.
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