Burnaby RCMP – Burnaby RCMP appears to be like to return stolen property to rightful homeowners after break and enters concentrating on houses underneath development

Burnaby

2023-03-16 12:43 PDT

File #



22-31075

Burnaby RCMP is interesting to the general public because it appears to be like to return a major quantity of stolen property that was recovered as a part of an investigation into break and enters concentrating on excessive finish houses underneath development.

Between September 2022 and February 2023, a number of houses underneath development in Burnaby, Coquitlam, and West Vancouver have been focused by theft; having excessive finish home equipment, residence finishings, and fixtures stolen.

The stolen property included every part from stoves, fridges, bogs and plumbing fixtures, to flooring and lighting, with many gadgets nonetheless of their authentic packaging. The worth of seized items is estimated to be within the a whole bunch of 1000’s of {dollars}. Some particular person gadgets are estimated to be price as a lot as $25,000.

Burnaby RCMP’s Strike Power Unit, which makes a speciality of robberies and property crime offences, launched an investigation in October 2022, and following in depth investigative work recognized a suspect.

On February 3, 2023 search warrants have been executed at three properties, together with two within the Decrease Mainland and one north of Creston, B.C. Two transport containers packed from flooring to ceiling with stolen items have been found.

The suspect, a person from the Decrease Mainland, was arrested. The investigation is ongoing.

It is a important seizure, not simply because of the sheer quantity of stolen items but additionally because of the worth of many of those excessive finish gadgets, which seem to have been strategically focused on account of their worth, stated Cpl. Chad Premack, with Burnaby RCMP Strike Power. As we work to determine the rightful homeowners of these things, we are actually interesting for any potential victims to return ahead.

Burnaby RCMP is urging individuals who could have had gadgets stolen to succeed in out to investigators by emailing E_Burnaby_Strikeforce_[email protected] concerning their merchandise or gadgets.

They’re requested to incorporate their title, cellphone quantity, e mail deal with, deal with of theft, date of theft, police file quantity (if reported as stolen), particulars/description of stolen merchandise — together with, the place possible, the serial variety of the merchandise, in addition to any pictures or extra related particulars, as police might want to validate proof of possession earlier than gadgets might be returned.

Nearly all of thefts are believed to have occurred between September 2022 and February 2023 within the Decrease Mainland, however investigators consider it’s potential houses in southeastern B.C. could have additionally been focused.

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