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Driver of stolen truck arrested in Parksville

Search of truck reveals break-and-entry tools, suspected meth
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Oceanside RCMP seized these items from a stolen truck after the driver, a 26-year-old Parksville man, was arrested. Items include what police called break and entry tools, knives and suspected methamphetamine. — Courtesy Oceanside RCMP

A Parksville man has been arrested after driving a stolen truck taken from the Comox Valley.

Oceanside RCMP located the pickup truck and a suspicious driver on Martindale Road in Parksville on Thursday, Sept. 21 at 9:55 a.m., said Cpl. Jesse Foreman in a news release.

“Upon investigation it was determined the truck had been stolen out of the Comox Valley in late July,” he said.

The driver, a 26-year-old man from Parksville, was arrested. After a search of the truck, break-and-entry tools, suspected stolen tools, knives, a pellet gun and suspected methamphetamine were seized, Foreman said.

The man was later released on a Promise to Appear in Nanaimo Provincial Court on Dec. 12, with police recommending several charges.

— Oceanside RCMP news release