The Sidney North Saanich RCMP is looking for help from the public after more than $100,000 worth of copper and vehicles were stolen off Willingdon Road last week.
Sometime overnight on Sunday, June 26 a business property in the 8000 block of Willingdon was broken in to.
“The property is large and protected by a fence and gate, used to store houses that are in the midst of being moved, and large pieces of construction equipment,” said media liaison Cpl. Chris Swain of the Sidney North Saanich RCMP. “Culprits gained access to the compound and then gained access to 11 houses that were on blocks in the compound.”
The houses were stripped of copper wiring and piping that was likely loaded into a truck and trailer that were also stolen. The theft likely took several hours, police said.
The truck is a 2006 Ford F550 dump truck, with a white cab bearing the BC license plate CT 7777.
It has a snow plow bracket on the front and “South Island Excavating” is written on the sides. The trailer is described as a black, 18-foot flat deck, tandem axle trailer with the license plate 79386B. It also has South Island Excavating written on the sides.
Anyone with any information should call Sidney North Saanich RCMP at 250-656-3931 or anonymously at Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.