A break-in at a Parksville building material supplier resulted in a smashed window and several items being stolen.
Local RCMP received a call from a security company at 7:31 a.m. on Sunday, March 8 that an incident at Albertsons Home Center on Franklin’s Gull Road in Parksville had occurred minutes earlier.
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“We arrived moments later and there were tire tracks visible (moisture). No vehicle or suspects have yet to have been identified. Suspect apparently was driving a vehicle,” said Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman in an email.
Foreman said the front door was smashed, allowing the suspect to enter and steal several battery-powered tools. They were in the building for less than two minutes.
“The investigation is ongoing with the use of surveillance and forensics,” said Foreman.