Canada: Fish hooks at eye level: Vancouver community garden vandalized with dangerous booby traps
“It’s not something we see every day, that’s for sure.”
By Monika Gul And Hana Mae Nassar
City News
Sep 30, 2020
Excerpt:
People who run a community garden in Vancouver are on edge after someone set up disturbing booby traps on their property last week.
Const. Tania Visintin with the Vancouver Police Department says officers were called to the coFood Collaborative Garden Project at East 4th Avenue and Scotia Street on Thursday.
“There were things like trip wires, a wooden plank with nails sticking out of it, and fish hooks at eye level that were all seen in the park by attending officers,” she tells NEWS 1130.
It’s not clear who set the traps up or why, but Visintin says efforts to identify any suspects have not been fruitful so far.
“Our members did speak with people in the neighbourhood. We also did canvass for video, especially any video connected to residences in the area,” Visintin explains, adding officers have been in touch with neighbours to offer safety tips.
She admits the result could have been very bad, noting how dangerous some of the “traps” were.
