GBW Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Wow is all I have to say... http://www.newstalk1010.com/news/2014/03/04/rcmp-warning-snowmobilers-of-booby-traps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsman Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Am I the only one who finds this story odd. Why is the RCMP issuing this warning when it has nothing to do with it as it's clearly within the OPP jurisdiction. Nothing on the OPP site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsman Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Found this. http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/on/news-nouvelles/2014/14-03-03-cornwall-eng.htm RCMP just passing on the info for the Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF.) This integrated unit is comprised of members from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Cornwall Community Police Service (CCPS), the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Ontario Ministry of Revenue (MOR) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The CRTF ensures border integrity by conducting patrols along the Canada/US border while enforcing the Criminal Code of Canada and various federal statutes including but not limited to Customs and Excise Acts, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Again still not within the CRTF's mandate but good they are passing on the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Scary stuff... Literally a couple miles from our boathouses.... Glad nobody was hurt cause I probably would have known them... I know smuggling this winter has been booming due to the amount of ice for sleds to cross the river.... Maybe connected... Who knows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Very similar to this story I was reading not long ago: http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/20/wire-deliberately-put-on-snowmobile-trails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Holy shirt. Soooo dangerous and stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I wasn't expecting this when I opened this thread, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBW Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 were you expecting boobies BillM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) I've known farmers who would string wire to catch up and deter skidooer's that would run their fields. Edited March 6, 2014 by bigugli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 were you expecting boobies BillM? At least I'm not alone :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBW Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 At least I'm not alone :) Yeah, the whole part of RCMP tends to do that to the odd few... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Pretty sad,back in the day we would be running trails in the Tiny beaches area and would see barbed wire hung across at neck height.Pretty nasty.Who does this type of thing??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) Pretty sad,back in the day we would be running trails in the Tiny beaches area and would see barbed wire hung across at neck height.Pretty nasty.Who does this type of thing??? People that think they have more rights to public land then others. Edited March 6, 2014 by BillM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 That's a criminal offence. It should be easy enough to find out who puts those wires up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 That's a criminal offence. It should be easy enough to find out who puts those wires up? it is illegal to do roy you are correct,and it happened 6 times in the port perry area this winter as well and its a very serious offence as well they said they could lay manslaughter charges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 it is illegal to do roy you are correct,and it happened 6 times in the port perry area this winter as well and its a very serious offence as well they said they could lay manslaughter charges Let's hope it never gets to manslaughter charges... That would mean someone has died because of this crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 After asking around we have had 2 deaths in this area that resulted from drinking and speeding on sleds... Maybe a scare tactic from the authorities... Post a made up story to get everyone to slow down... Kinda interesting that the first sled to find it was a copper... And somehow he ducked it.. Who knows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb4me Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) I have run into this when I lived in Mt Forest as a teen..One of my good friends had his visor ripped right off his helmet when he hit a steel cable strung across the OFSC trail right outside of town..There are a bunch of sick SOBs out there.. Edited March 6, 2014 by tb4me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Let's hope it never gets to manslaughter charges... That would mean someone has died because of this crap. If nobody dies, it should be attempted murder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunatic Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 anytime i drive thru haliburton i always see a string of barbed wire or a plain wire strung thru a forest that is private property. all it takes is one person who rides trails accidently cross an invisible line and they get hurt or killed for it. sad thing is i see it all the time in many areas up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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