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VANCOUVER — In the latest incident of a human trap being laid in Metro Vancouver, on Tuesday local RCMP announced the grim discovery of a nail trap hidden in a Richmond high school field.

Consisting of nails attached to a 4 cm x 4 cm plastic base, the trap was was purposely concealed by grass and “appears to have been deliberately constructed to injure people or pets that would have come across it,” according to an RCMP release.

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North Vancouver resident Tineke Kraal was recently handed criminal charges after she was allegedly videotaped laying logs, branches and other obstacles across paths frequented by mountain bikers.

Also in North Vancouver, in May, 2013 a labradoodle became snared on a hooked booby trap that had been baited with beef kidneys.

Across the Strait of Georgia in Nanaimo, B.C., October also saw the discovery of a taut rope strung neck height across a popular ATV trail.

The Sunday discovery of the Richmond trap prompted police to perform a sweep of the schoolyard before school resumed at the close of the Family Day long weekend, and Richmond police advised residents on Tuesday to keep an eye out for “similar traps in any schools or parks.”