VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Leader John Rustad confirms the cellphones of Conservative members were searched during a meeting this week to find a leak from inside his caucus.

Rustad said on Thursday the phones were searched by other members to "make sure that there was nothing that had gone out that was inappropriate."

The search didn't reveal anything that concerned Rustad, who said looking through members phones isn't something the party does "on a regular basis."

It was prompted following a discussion during the caucus meeting about "some leaked information" that appeared on social media, he said.

Rustad said "there was a tweet that seemed to indicate there was information that got out."

"I said, 'well, there is one way, that we could look at and that is if we reviewed

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