The Man Reported Missing From The Bc Ferries Ferry Has Been Found Safe

Nanaimo RCMP told CHEK News that officers responded to the coastal inspiration around 9:45 p.m. after receiving reports of a disturbance on board. The boat, which had departed Duke Point bound for Tsawwassen at 8:15 p.m., was forced to turn around due to a “passenger vehicle acting erratically and causing concern to crew and passengers.” When officers boarded the boat, they found a person “heavily intoxicated by drugs” and arrested him for causing a disturbance. Another passenger, who was traveling with the arrested person in a vehicle, could not be located, resulting in a search and investigation. Gary O’Brien, media spokesman for the Nanaimo RCMP, said the arrested person traveled in a vehicle with another person. He said, as a result, the vehicle they were traveling in was impounded by police officers. “We recognize that a large police presence on board may have caused some concern for passengers,” he added. O’Brien said both passengers were known to each other and were traveling to Vancouver Island from somewhere outside the Lower Mainland. He also said that while it is unusual, it is not unheard of for passengers who have driven to get off the ship and abandon their vehicle. “This is not the first time this has happened,” he said. “People are getting off the ferry they’ve been on for one reason or another.” After CHEK with O’Brien, Nanaimo RCMP said CCTV footage appears to show the missing man exiting the ferry when he returned to Nanaimo and then getting into a taxi and leaving the terminal. In a statement released Friday afternoon, Nanaimo RCMP said the missing passenger was found safe around 12 noon and that his vehicle — which was seized by police after being left on board — has been returned. Mounties say their investigation is now over, although the whole incident led to massive delays and cancellations, mostly out of the Tsawwassen terminal, across the BC Ferries network on Friday. RELATED: BC Ferries warns of Tsawwassen delays, cancellations due to police incident on board

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