B.C. RCMP make arrests at pipeline protest site following alleged 'swarming incidents'

Five people were arrested at a camp on traditional Wet’suwet’en territory in northwestern B.C. on Wednesday.

Sleydo’, a spokesperson for the Gidimt’en checkpoint, said Mounties in multiple police vehicles arrived at the checkpoint around 10:30 a.m. PT, though she was not on site when it happened.

“They immediately began arresting people, as far as we know,” Sleydo’, also known as Molly Wickham, said in an interview with CBC News. 

According to a statement from Yintah Access, five people, most of them Indigenous women, were arrested, including Gidimt’en Chief Woos’ daughter.

‘Swarming incident’ prompted search warrants: Police

Houston RCMP said in a statement they made the