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Drivers carrying loaded firearms ticketed in hunting-compliance checks

Conservation officers also helped the RCMP with a search-and-rescue call about two overdue hunters
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A Conservation Officer Service vehicle is pictured on Vancouver Island. B.C. CONSERVATION OFFICER SERVICE VIA FACEBOOK

B.C. conservation officers issued eight violation tickets to drivers transporting loaded firearms and also found open alcohol in a vehicle during hunting-compliance checks on Vancouver Island over the Remembrance Day long weekend.

Written warnings were also given out, including one to a novice driver for carrying too many passengers, the B.C. Conservation Officer Service said in a Facebook post.

The officers came across close to 200 people during their patrols — 85 of them hunters — and also helped the RCMP with a search-and-rescue call about two overdue hunters.

The hunters were found safe.

The weekend effort led to an ongoing investigation into the unlawful harvesting of wildlife, the post said.

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