On June 15th, 2009 members of the New Westminster Police Street Crime Unit, assisted by members of the Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team executed a Search Warrant at a residence in the 300 block of Johnson Street.

The search located the following items:

1. A Marihuana Grow Operation with over 500 plants.
2. An electrical by-pass
3. One large calibre handgun
4. One replica handgun

Two adults were taken into custody in relation to this investigation however no charges have been laid at this time.

At 0845 hrs this date the missing male, Darcy Raymond VISCOUNT, was located. New Westminster police were contacted by a witness calling from Burnaby near Metro Town mall. The witness advised that the male he was observing matched the description of VISCOUNT. Burnaby RCMP were immediately dispatched to the scene. VISCOUNT was located and transported back to Royal Columbian Hospital Sherbrooke Centre without incident.

New Westminster Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating twenty-year-old Darcy Raymond VISCOUNT who walked away from Sherbrooke Centre at Royal Columbian Hospital late this afternoon.

Darcy has a history of self-mutilation and has been in Sherbrooke Centre under the Mental Health Act since early April. He is described as an aboriginal male, approximately 183 cm (6’) tall and with a slender build. He has medium brown hair and brown eyes and walks with a pronounced limp. No clothing description is available.

There is a concern that Darcy will deliberately injure himself and anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts is asked to contact New Westminster Police or their local police agency. The photo below is from 2004 and unfortunately nothing more recent is available.

On June 3rd, 2009 at approximately 1450 hours, members of the NWPS responded to a report of a male pointing a rifle out of a 5th floor apartment building in the 600 block of Victoria Street, New Westminster, BC.

As a result of this information the Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team was contacted to respond. The apartment in was contained and a male and a female occupant were taken into custody. The subsequent investigation located a pellet rifle and a pellet handgun, both of which were seized by police. The investigation into this matter continues.

The NWPS would like to take this opportunity to remind the public that replica or look-a-like firearms are extremely dangerous if not handled in an appropriate manner. Members of the public or the police often cannot differentiate between a real or replica firearm without a close-up inspection in a controlled setting.

It is strongly recommended that members of the public in possession of replica firearms handle them as if they were real firearms, and only in controlled situations where they are designed for use (paintball games etc). In the absence of information confirming an item is a replica firearm, responding police members are left with little choice but to handle the situation as if the item was a real firearm, the results of which could be very tragic for all involved.