12-year-old finds 'samurai sword' in bushes, Victoria police seek owner
Victoria police are looking for the owner of what they describe as a "samurai sword" found in a bush in Esquimalt this week.
A concerned parent called police after her 12-year-old child came home carrying the weapon on Monday, Sept. 19, the Victoria Police Department said in a news release Friday.
According to police, the parent reported that the child found the sword "in the bushes" near the intersection of Colville and Admirals roads while walking on the E&N trail.
The sword was found without a sheath, police said.
"Officers are hoping to locate the rightful owner of the sword and learn how it came to be in the bushes near the trail," the VicPD release reads.
Victoria police shared an image of the sword, which appears to have Japanese characters engraved on the blade.
Anyone who recognizes the sword is asked to call the VicPD report desk at (250) 995-7654, extension 1.
Strange as it may seem, this is not the first time police in B.C. have sought to reunite a Japanese-style sword with its owner.
In 2019, a member of the public walked into the Burnaby RCMP detachment and turned over a "samurai sword" she had found discarded in that city.
That sword was engraved with the message "TO TRAV, BEST FRIENDS. SAM."
At the time, police told CTV News Vancouver the blade was considered found property and would be held for 90 days. If unclaimed after that period, it would be destroyed.
On Friday, Burnaby RCMP confirmed that they never found the rightful owner in that case, and the weapon was, indeed, destroyed.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
'It could be catastrophic': Woman says natural supplement contained hidden painkiller drug
A Manitoba woman thought she found a miracle natural supplement, but said a hidden ingredient wreaked havoc on her health.
After hearing thousands of last words, this hospital chaplain has advice for the living
Hospital chaplain J.S. Park opens up about death, grief and hearing thousands of last words, and shares his advice for the living.
WHO likely to issue wider alert on contaminated cough syrup
The World Health Organization is likely to issue a wider warning about contaminated Johnson and Johnson-made children's cough syrup found in Nigeria last week, it said in an email.
WATCH Video shows dramatic police takedown of carjacking suspects chased through parking lot north of Toronto
Police have released video footage of a dramatic takedown of a group of teens wanted in connection with an attempted carjacking in Markham earlier this month.
Canada, G7 urge 'all parties' to de-escalate in growing Mideast conflict
Canada called for 'all parties' to de-escalate rising tensions in the Mideast following an apparent Israeli drone attack against Iran overnight.
'It was all my savings': Ontario woman loses $15K to fake Walmart job scam
A woman who recently moved to Canada from India was searching for a job when she got caught in an online job scam and lost $15,000.
Families to receive Canada Child Benefit payment on Friday
More money will land in the pockets of some Canadian families on Friday for the latest Canada Child Benefit installment.
After COVID, WHO defines disease spread 'through air'
The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time on what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the COVID-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives.
American millionaire Jonathan Lehrer denied bail after being charged with killing Canadian couple
American millionaire Jonathan Lehrer, one of two men charged in the killings of a Canadian couple in Dominica, has been denied bail.