RCMP devote 40 investigators to attack at Coastal GasLink work site

RCMP seek to identify some 20 masked assailants who threatened Coastal GasLink pipeline contractors and caused millions of dollars in damage.

Heavy machinery at the CGL work site toppled over by raiders who apparently used other heavy machinery to carry out millions of dollars in damages.

by Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun, Feb 18, 2022

Attackers disabled lighting and video-surveillance equipment during their raid on a remote Coastal GasLink work site in northwestern B.C. and commandeered heavy equipment to inflict damage estimated to be in the millions of dollars, the company said Friday.

Video and photos captured before the equipment was disabled in the attack have been turned over to RCMP.

Police are trying to identify suspects among the reported 20 to 40 individuals involved in the apparently co-ordinated attack that happened on Thursday, just after midnight.