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6-hour standoff ends with man arrested in Creston drug investigation

Suspect arrested after surrendering to police following a six-hour standoff at a residence
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A Creston man surrendered to police after a six-hour standoff on Wednesday. Kasha Ferguson photo

A Creston man surrendered to police after a six-hour standoff on Wednesday, after he had barricaded himself inside a Creston residence during a massive drug seizure operation, according to police.

On Dec. 20, at approximately 11 a.m., the Creston RCMP and Southeast District Containment Team initiated an operational plan that saw multiple search warrants executed in the Creston area, according to a news release from the RCMP.

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Barry Coulter had been Editor of the Cranbrook Townsman since 1998, and has been part of all those dynamic changes the newspaper industry has gone through over the past 20 years.
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