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Video of Maple Ridge doughnut shop drug use goes viral

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People who were said to be smoking hard drugs at the Tim Hortons Restaurant on 224th Street in Maple Ridge, in a still frame taken from a video. Their faces have been intentionally blurred. (Chelsa Meadus Facebook/Special to The News)

香蕉视频直播淐offee or crack?香蕉视频直播 is the caption over the video a former Maple Ridge city councillor posted on her social media page, showing a man smoking something at a table at a Tim Hortons restaurant.

He appears to be using a pipe or tube, above a piece of tinfoil, and a puff of smoke appears over his head. An elderly woman can be seen in a booth directly beside his.

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The video has gone viral, shared across many social media platforms and pages. It was also the subject of news reports over the weekend. Staff at the 224th Street/Lougheed Highway location reported that the drug fumes forced them to evacuate the restaurant, and it香蕉视频直播檚 an ongoing problem.

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Mike Farnworth, the BC Minister of Public Safety, also weighed in, saying he was disgusted by the video, and that the culprits should have been arrested and charged.

The Ridge Meadows RCMP did not respond to questions about the incident.

Meadus said she is no stranger to such scenes, staffing the nearby office of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows MP Marc Dalton.

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She said the city needs to tell the province what香蕉视频直播檚 happening due to its decriminalization policies that allow possession of small amounts of hard drugs, including crack, meth and fentanyl.

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Maple Ridge Mayor Dan Ruimy saw the video for the first time weeks ago, and had city staff and community safety officers visit the restaurant.

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Ruimy said the city is working to have more enforcement and visibility in the downtown core. For example, the new Project Sentinel announced by the Ridge Meadows RCMP will increase downtown patrols, and in the words of Superintendent Wendy Mehat when she announced the project, it will 香蕉视频直播渉elp address public safety concerns of the business community.香蕉视频直播

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The city also has community safety officers, and private security companies who respond to business and citizen complaints during the later hours.

Ruimy said the onus is on business owners and management to tell people not to smoke or use drugs inside their buildings, or to call police, CSOs or Westridge Security to deal with the situation.

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The city will try new initiatives, and is talking about having a 香蕉视频直播減op-up cop shop香蕉视频直播 at the corner of 224th Street and Lougheed Highway, and at other downtown locations, said Ruimy. Details are still being firmed up.

Last summer香蕉视频直播檚 Project Dovetail brought more RCMP, city bylaws and Westridge Security into the downtown, and shoplifting incidents were cut in half. That proved having more uniforms visible makes an impact, said Ruimy.

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Ruimy also spoke against people with political ambitions using a serious issue to score political points. The city image and downtown entrepreneurs took a hit, he said.

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Both he and Meadus said Victoria needs to provide treatment for those battling addiction.

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Meadus said the province should supply more than that 香蕉视频直播 she would ask for more CSOs to police open drug use brought about by decriminalization.



Neil Corbett

About the Author: Neil Corbett

I have been a journalist for more than 30 years, the past decade with the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News.
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