Ridge Meadows RCMP are investigating a break, enter, and theft from Triple Tree Nursery. The theft occurred sometime during the night of Monday August 30, or in the early morning hours of Tuesday August 31. A vehicle was driven into the front entrance, allowing the thieves to gain entry to the building. Two computers were stolen, and police have few leads to follow up on.

STOLEN POWER LEADS TO POT BUST

A residential search warrant for Theft of Telecommunications (B.C. Hydro power) has resulted in the seizure of 320 marijuana plants, and proposed charges of production of a controlled substance against a 47-year-old Maple Ridge man. Ridge Meadows RCMP's Marijuana Enforcement Team, and the Street Enforcement Unit, entered the home on Rothsay Street in Maple Ridge just after 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday September 1. After seizing the marijuana plants, which were in varying stages of growth, the man was held in custody for a hearing before a justice.

TEENAGER HITS CURB WHILE IMPAIRED

A 19-year-old Maple Ridge woman is facing impaired driving charges after hitting a concrete curb with her 2000 Volkswagon bug in the early morning hours of Thursday September 2.

At approximately 2:25 a.m. the woman hit the curb at the Meadowvale mall in Pitt Meadows. The force of the collision engaged the airbags inside the vehicle. The female driver was kept on scene by citizens and members of the joint lower mainland Integrated Gang Task Force, for Ridge Meadows RCMP to respond.

The young woman showed signs of being impaired by alcohol, so she was taken to Coquitlam RCMP Detachment, where samples of her breath were analyzed at more than twice the legal limit.

The suspect was later released from custody, but will have to attend Port Coquitlam Provincial Court to answer to the charges.