Castlegar RCMP have been kept busy following a number of break and enters and theft from property across the city.
On Monday, June 23, employees at a business located in the 2200 block of 14th Avenue arrived to work to discover the business had a broken window and a items missing.
Video surveillance captured an individual wearing dark clothing, while attempting to cover their face, enter the building through a broken window shortly after 5:00am.
Once inside, the suspect walked throughout the business looking for items to steal.
Property representatives are currently identifying items stolen, which includes Canadian currency, cheques to the business, and a grey Acer laptop.
The investigation is on-going and anyone with information is asked to contact the Castlegar RCMP at (250) 365-7721.
Meanwhile, police have received three separate reports of property being stolen from vehicles on Saturday night.
The thefts occurred throughout the previous evening in the 300 block of Lakeview Street where a wallet, Acer laptop and Canadian currency was stolen and two separate thefts that occurred in the 1000 block of 8th Street where a back pack with fishing tackle was stolen, and the second vehicle having a debit card stolen.
The back pack was later turned into the Castlegar RCMP and turned over to the owner while the stolen debit card was later fraudulently used at numerous local Castlegar businesses.
RCMP attended to the business and upon viewing surveillance footage were able to identify the suspect who was well known to police using the credit card.
The 51-year-old Castlegar male was later located by police and arrested. He is next scheduled to appear in Castlegar court August 27.
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