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The North Vancouver RCMP are asking for the public’s help to dig up some dirt about what happened to an excavator stolen from local construction site.
Investigators said the owner of a 2018 John Deere 50G excavator reported Dec. 15 that his excavator, worth $50,000, had gone missing from a North Vancouver house construction site in the 600 block of East 6th Street.
According to police, witnesses observed the excavator being loaded onto a flatbed truck around 10:30 p.m the night before., but assumed at the time the machinery was being moved legitimately. The excavator was last seen on the truck heading east in the laneway.
According to police, it’s the third time the owner has had an excavator stolen in the past four years, although the previous excavators were not taken from the same site.
The North Vancouver RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in providing any information relating to this theft, especially any CCTV, or dash cam footage from the area or reports from witnesses who may have observed the incident.
“Someone may have observed this incident, not realizing that a theft was occurring,” said Const. Mansoor Sahak of the North Vancouver RCMP.
If you observed anything that may assist the police, or know the whereabouts of the excavator, you are asked to call the North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311 and quote file # 22-30678. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
