Following a mail theft series investigation by the Prolific Offender Suppression team of the Burnaby RCMP, six men were taken into custody.
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The Burnaby 2025-02-19 08:23 PST File # 2024-35469 Burnaby RCMP's Prolific Offender Suppression Team (POST) arrested six men after a 2-months-long investigation into a mail theft series. After two break and enters at an apartment building in the 6500-block of Telford Avenue in October, 2024, Burnaby RCMP's POST identified a group of suspects and initiated an investigation into the group. On December 11, 2024, POST executed a search warrant at a residence in the 5000-block of Belleville Avenue, in Burnaby. Four men were arrested at the home and a large number of offence related items were seized. Six men now face a multitude of potential fraud and theft related charges. Nearly 1,600
According to Insp. Matt Toews, Burnaby RCMP's Investigative Services Officer, the investigation is still ongoing, but the following items were seized as part of the investigation: 346 pieces of identification, 572 pieces of mail, 496 bank cards, 155 checks, embossing machine, items used in the manufacturing of false identification, over three hundred blurred bank cards displayed on the floor, approximately two hundred blurred identification cards displayed on the floor, and numerous blurred fraudulent checks displayed on the floor.
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The thieves were organized and had equipment to mass-produce false identification, and the seizure of various identification and manufacturing equipment will have spared many victims from financial hardship.
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