Langley RCMP seize $45,000 cash mailed from Nunavut, linked to July assault involving two Edmonton men
Around 4 a.m. on July 8, Cambridge Bay RCMP responded to a report that two men had been assaulted and taken for medical treatment.
'Preliminary investigation indicated that two male suspects, known to the victims, assaulted them with a weapon in a residence on Tuktu Street. Both victims sustained serious injuries and were flown south (to Edmonton) for further treatment,' said Sgt. George Henrie of the RCMP.
According to a relative, the two Cambridge Bay residents had been confined, tied to a chair, and beaten with tools and tortured with what sounded like waterboarding.
'They covered their faces with a towel and started pouring boiling water on them,' the woman said.
'They hit them with shovels and hammers all over their body.'
The two had hobbled to a relative's home two doors down, and were taken for medical treatment.
On July 10, four suspects were identified at the airport where they were waiting for a flight out of Cambridge Bay. They were reportedly recognized by locals, who called RCMP.
With 1,760 residents, Cambridge Bay is the largest of two hamlets on Victoria Island.
Package seized
According to a Thursday news release, after continuing their investigation into the July 8 assault RCMP discovered a package had been mailed from Cambridge Bay to Langley, B.C. through Canada Post, and that the package was linked to the assault.
They enlisted Langley RCMP, who used a search warrant on July 18 to seize the package from Canada Post as proceeds of crime.
With the assistance of the Iqaluit RCMP's General Investigative Section, four men — including two from Edmonton — have been charged in connection with the assault.
Police charged Ly Gabriel Galido, 22, of Edmonton, Ayaan Kamran Warsi, 19, of Edmonton, and Hadi Alhashesh, 19, of Chilliwack B.C., with two counts of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm without a licence, two counts of forcible confinement, two counts of pointing a firearm, trafficking a controlled substance, possession of property obtained by crime, and robbery with a firearm.
Police also charged Joshua MacPherson, 19, of Cambridge Bay with two counts of assault.
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