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By Mike Vanden Bosch

Carload of offenders caught

Mission RCMP nabs carload of offenders, including 27-year-old man from Chilliwack

Sep 16, 2025 | 1:49 PM

MISSION — Mounties in Mission hit the jackpot when they spotted a suspicious vehicle last week and discovered all four occupants had prior run-ins with the criminal justice system, including a 27-year-old man from Chilliwack.

According to a statement from Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr, plainclothes officers from the agency’s Crime Reduction Unit were conducting proactive patrols on Tuesday, Sept. 9 when they noticed a vehicle of interest, a black Dodge Journey, in the parking lot of a mall along London Avenue.

Police say one of the officers recognized the license plate as previously being on a different vehicle, owned by a known offender. Officers followed the Dodge Journey until it eventually parked along 1st Avenue, where a traffic stop was conducted, and officers subsequently determined that all four occupants of the vehicle were known offenders.

The driver of the vehicle – a 29-year-old man from Mission – was arrested for driving while prohibited Canada-wide and breaching his probation.

A 26-year-old female passenger was arrested for breaching her conditional sentence order, as she was not complying with the conditions of her house arrest.

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A 27-year-old man from Chilliwack was arrested for breaching two counts of his probation – including possessing pieces of identification in other people’s names.

The fourth passenger was not arrested, however he had an outstanding DNA Order stemming from a conviction for aggravated assault in Surrey in 2023.

Corporal Jason Boon, who oversees the Mission RCMP Crime Reduction Unit, said, “Whereas General Duty officers are usually very busy responding to calls and carrying out investigations, our team has more flexibility to proactively seek out offenders and prevent future crimes. Operating covertly also helps us to increase safety for both the public and our officers. There’s always a chance that an offender will drive dangerously to try to get away if a marked police car signals them to pull over. In this case, our team was able to follow this vehicle until it parked and there was no further danger of it trying to flee. We were then able to move in and safely make the arrests.”

Police also followed up with the registered owner of the Journey. She stated that she had sold the vehicle that morning to the female who had been arrested. However, the previous owner had only taken payment and signed the transfer form, but had not followed through to ensure the transfer was actually completed.

Mission RCMP members recommend that when selling a vehicle, the seller should attend an ICBC Autoplan location with the buyer, to ensure the registration is actually transferred out of the seller’s name, and to obtain a copy of the completed transfer paperwork. Otherwise, the seller has no way of knowing whether the buyer actually completed the transfer. If that vehicle was later involved in a criminal offence or a collision, that previous owner could face liability if the vehicle registration still showed them as the owner.