Kamloops RCMP say a 38-year-old man is in custody after a series of windows were smashed in the Sahali area early this morning.

Police say they were called to the 700-block of McGill Road just after 1 a.m. today, Nov. 18, after the glass break alarm at a pharmacy was set off. Mounties say they arrived to find a large hole in the window but no evidence that the suspect had gotten inside the store.

Less than ten minutes later police say they were called to a second alarm at another business in the same block, though again there was no sign of a suspect.

Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet says police came across a third window that had been vandalized while looking for the suspect.

“Throughout the rest of the morning we continued to receive reports of business windows or doors being smashed and two vehicle windows being damaged near the Sahali Shopping District,” Shoihet said.

“In total, RCMP received 11 similar reports of mischief on Columbia Street, Springhill Crescent, McGill Road and Arrowstone, Notre Dame, Summit and Dalhousie Drives between 1:00 and 6:00 a.m.”

Shoihet says a 38-year-old suspect was eventually arrested just before 6 a.m. in the 1300-block of Summit Drive, not far from the original scene on McGill Road.

“The man, who is new to Kamloops, is expected to appear in court later today,” Shoihet said.

People who witnessed the incidents or those with video surveillance of it are being told to call the Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000 and reference file 2023-40889.