Chilliwack – The timely arrival of RCMP K-9 JANGO ( and fellow human officers) led to the arrest and charges against a break and enter suspect.
On April 28, 2021 around 10:30 p.m., Chilliwack RCMP supported by the Lower Mainland District Integrated Police Dog Service (IPDS) responded to a call from an alarm company to report a man attempting to break into a storage container belonging to a business in the 45000-block of Luckakuck Way.
At the scene, Police Service Dog JANGO immediately began to follow a track of human scent locating a suspect near the address. Police quickly arrested a 39-year-old man from Edmonton, Alberta.
Gregory Jay Derksen is charged with mischief, fail to comply with order and possession of break-in instruments. Mr. Derksen is released from custody pending a future court date.
RCMP remind anyone who witnesses anything they believe to be suspicious in nature to contact police at 604-792-4611 or, should you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
