Prince George RCMP were kept hopping over the course of 2019.
Here's a look at some of the more memorable and odder moments:
- In March, RCMP seized $1 million worth of cash and cannabis from a home in the city.
Police said a search of the property - the address was not provided - uncovered more than 55 kilograms (121 pounds) of dried cannabis, a significant amount of other forms of cannabis products and more than $550,000 in cash. Several firearms and ammunition were also seized.
"This is a substantial seizure resulting from the investigation of persons previously not known to police," said Insp. Shaun Wright in a statement. "Our officers will continue to target those persons that do not abide by Canadian law, including the Cannabis Act."
A man and a woman were arrested but later released without charge, pending the completion of the investigation and charge approval from the federal prosecution service.
- Two men - one of them well known to police - were the subject of a high-profile takedown in June.
Jamie Hal Hammerstrom and John Robert Barton Craig were arrested when a vehicle linked to a theft of a gun and ammunition from a Chief Lake home earlier in the day was spotted by police.
They were apprehended in the vicinity of Highway 97 and Noranda Road. An RCMP officer fired off a round in the act and the area was subsequently closed for several hours to allow investigators to gather evidence.
Hammerstrom, in particular, has long been regarded as a prolific offender by police.
Both remain in custody with their cases scheduled to go to trial in July.
- A Prince George man remains in custody on suspicous of making and distributing child pornography.
Shawn Robert Dick was arrested in July and charged with one count each of sexual assault, sexual interference, administering a stupifying drug and voyeurism, Prince George RCMP said.
RCMP said the charges are result of receiving a report earlier in the month in which a girl was identified as the victim.
- In October, RCMP made a rooftop arrest of a man wanted on several outstanding charges.
Johnny James Boys was apprehended after police showed up at a 1400-block 3rd Ave. apartment.
Shortly after knocking on the door of a second-floor unit, Boys was seen climbing out the window and onto an adjacent roof. Police followed and found him hiding in a a ventilation shaft on another roof.
Boys remained in custody as of Dec. 17.
- In December, a downtown boutique was the victim of a brazen break in when a thief broke in through the store's ceiling to make off with cash from the till.
Butterfly Threads co-owners Jacquie Clarke and Robyn Shergill said they have had problems in the past with vagrants hanging out in the alley behind the store and doing drugs and camping on the 555 George Street building's rooftop.
