

Nanaimo RCMP is investigating the theft of a 300 pound Chinese Terracotta statue that was taken from the yard of a home in the 7000-block of McGill Road in Lantzville sometime Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.
Nanaimo RCMP is dealing with another case of a large piece of art being stolen, this time from a homeowners yard in Lantzville.
Police are asking for help in the case of a 300 pound Chinese Terracotta statue that was taken from the yard of a Lantzville home in the 7000-block of McGill Road sometime Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.
The statue is made of solid concrete and is about 40 inches tall and stained to look bronze.
A wooden sign was hung off the neck of the statue that read Spoiled Rotten Cats Live Here
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A large aluminum sculpture, known as the Rock Dragon, was taken from Maffeo Sutton Park in Nanaimo sometime last weekend.
The rock and aluminum sculpture was installed at the park June 6 and weighs an estimated 75 pounds.
Anyone with information on the location of the Chinese Terracotta statue is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP or Crime Stoppers.