Two Decrease Mainland residents are dealing with quite a few costs after the West Kelowna RCMP recovered over $30,000 in suspected stolen merchandise.
A person and girl related to a Ford cargo van had been allegedly seen shoplifting high-value merchandise between Oct. 17 and 18 from native companies and RCMP had been referred to as.
Inside a day, the West Kelowna RCMP group security unit positioned the Ford cargo van with two occupants within the car parking zone of a enterprise in Kelowna. A person and girl had been arrested and brought into custody with out incident.
Following their arrests, the cargo van was seized and a search positioned over $30,000 of high-value merchandise suspected to have been stolen from native companies.
“The merchandise recovered included residence enchancment provides, kitchen home equipment, in addition to varied instruments and equipment of excessive worth,” Cpl. Bryan Mulrooney of the West Kelowna RCMP Group Security Unit stated in a press launch.
“Prolific thieves and shoplifters price companies hundreds of {dollars} in misplaced income every month. Our collaborative strategy and our relationship with our native asset safety associates is a useful instrument that assists us in concentrating on prolific retail thieves.”
A 42-year-old man from Langley and a 46-year-old girl from White Rock had been conditionally launched to attend court docket at a later date. The investigation stays ongoing and the matter will likely be submitted to the BC Public Prosecution Service for consideration of costs.
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