A special investigative unit of the Victoria Police Department says property crime is seeing a sharp increase in both Victoria and Esquimalt.
“Since the week of March 15-21st, VicPD has seen a 25 per cent increase in property crime related calls for service,” said Victoria Police in a release.
In that same time period, calls for service to the police department have also increased, around 22 per cent.
In a raid just this Tuesday March 14, Victoria Police Department’s special ‘Strike Force’ seized $30,000 worth of stolen property from a ‘prolific offender’.
With a warrant, police searched a male suspect’s storage container on the 3900-block of Quadra Street, and found a variety of power tools, liquor, and other items.
“Many of the recovered items are traceable, and some still have their anti-theft tags attached,” said Victoria Police.
Police will be working over the coming days to return the property to its rightful owners.
If you have information about property crime offenders in our community, you can call the Strike Force line directly call (250) 995-7260. Otherwise you are asked to call our non-emergency line at (250) 995-7654. Please press #1 to be directed to the Report Desk to provide your information. To report what you know anonymously, please call Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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