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Uninsured car stopped, gram of marijuana found

A police officer was stationary in a vehicle at Lorimer Road and Piccolo Road on Wednesday, Oct.
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A police officer was stationary in a vehicle at Lorimer Road and Piccolo Road on Wednesday, Oct. 2, enforcing the 30-km-per-hour school zone speed limit and observed a vehicle an with expire VAL tag and determined that the vehicle had been uninsured since August 30.

The vehicle was stopped at Highway 99 and Lorimer Road and attending officers detected the smell of "burnt and fresh marijuana" coming from the vehicle.

Police searched the vehicle and located one gram of fresh marijuana. The driver, a 38-year-old Whistler woman, was given a 24-hour driving suspension and also a $598 ticket for her expired insurance. She was not charged with possession.

Drowning victim recovered

The body of a young man who drowned after jumping into the Mamquam Waterfall on Sept. 11 has been recovered from Howe Sound near Woodfibre.

Two youths jumped into the falls, located near the BC Hydro power plant and got into difficulties because of the high water levels and current. One was rescued, the victim, an 18-year-old from Vancouver, did not survive. River conditions made it impossible for the body to be retrieved by emergency services.

The body was discovered by a local tugboat operator, who reported it to the police on Oct. 4. His identity was confirmed by the BC Coroner's Office on Oct. 7.

His family has been notified and his identity is not being released. Reports say he was a student at Quest University.

Employee injured in propane accident

Whistler Fire Rescue asked the RCMP to attend an accident at a business on the 8000-block of Mons Road on Oct. 8 at 10:37a.m., when a propane-fuelled campervan caught fire as it was being fuelled.

The fire resulted in burn injuries to the face of the employee who was fuelling the van and he was transported to Whistler Health Centre.