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By Dylana Kneeshaw

B&E INCIDENT

Citizen tip leads to arrest of break and enter suspect

Apr 22, 2020 | 11:26 AM

KAMLOOPS — Kamloops RCMP have arrested one man after he attempted to break into a commercial storage unit Wednesday morning (Apr. 22).

Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says earlier this morning, RCMP had received a report from a citizen who claimed they’d seen someone lurking near a storage container in a commercial area off Versatile Drive.

“When our officer arrived, he didn’t see anybody in the area, but did notice that the lock on the storage shed had been tampered with,” she says, “Our police dog services were called in and were able to follow a track to a man who was hiding on the hillside near Costco.”

Shelkie says the man was found to have break and enter tools in his backpack, and was also breaching his probation so he was arrested at the time. The 33-year-old will now be appearing before a Justice of the Peace.

Shelkie adds that RCMP are grateful for the citizen’s tip about this incident.

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“This is exactly the circumstance where we ask people to call in and let us know if they’ve seen something suspicious in the area, so our officers can go, and hopefully in this situation we’ve prevented some break and enters from happening and further crime happening in this area.”