West Kelowna – RCMP have arrested a suspect after receiving a report of an incident involving the alleged unlawful confinement of a woman in Peachland over the weekend.

On August 13, 2016 at 8:39 am, the West Kelowna RCMP received a report of an alleged forcible confinement incident which occurred in the early evening hours of August 12th in Peachland. Police have learned that the victim met the suspect online through a dating website before meeting in person with the suspect a few times prior to this incident.

During their most recent meeting with one another on August 12th, the suspect allegedly confined the woman to a vehicle and drove her around the area for several hours before eventually releasing her.

The victim, an adult woman, sustained non-life threatening injuries as a result of the incident.

“The ongoing police investigation followed several leads as investigators worked tirelessly to positively identify, locate and arrest their suspect,” says Cst. Jesse O’Donaghey. “On August 18th at 10:28 am, with the assistance of Southeast District RCMP Air Services’ fixed wing aircraft, the man was arrested without incident when police located him in his vehicle in Peachland,” adds O’Donaghey.

The suspect, a 36-year-old man, remains in custody at this time and is expected to appear in Court this afternoon. He faces potential charges of forcible confinement, assault and uttering threats.

Investigators indicate that the man was driving a silver 2000 Dodge Durango bearing Alberta licence plates and alleged to have travelled in the Peachland, West Kelowna, Kelowna and Lake Country areas over the course of several hours during the alleged incident.