By The Canadian Press

Unique rose quartz statues stolen from Vancouver tourist attraction

Sep 9, 2016 | 10:25 AM

VANCOUVER — A theft in Vancouver’s Chinatown district is giving a whole new meaning to the term cat burglar, and police hope the public will help them pounce on the culprit.

Sgt. Brian Montague says that between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday, someone stole two rose quartz lion statues from in front of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden.

Montague says the statues are among the garden’s treasures and have been a fixture at the popular tourist site for about three decades.

He says the 46-by-61-centimetre statues are extremely heavy.

Montague says investigators want to hear from anyone who may know who snatched the unique lions or where the statues ended up.

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