POLICE WARN ABOUT DATE-RAPE DRUG

METRO VANCOUVER - Police have issued a special warning about
date-rape drugs after 11 women said they were sexually assaulted, but
have no memory of what happened to them.

Vancouver police Const. Tim Fanning said a man who works in the
Downtown Eastside reported the assaults last week after the victims
shared their stories about meeting a man in a bar and then being
raped. The attacks took place in the Downtown Eastside and Surrey.

"We can't confirm at this point whether it's one suspect or a number
of suspects because we have second-hand information," Fanning said Wednesday.

Fanning said the VPD will try to contact the victims directly.

He said some of the women were Caucasian and some aboriginal, but he
did not know their ages.