To men arrested in Surrey are facing numerous charges after a multi-jurisdictional investigation that helped seize counterfeit license plates, drugs, and more.
Led by the RCMP’s Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit’s (SPOSU) Community Response Unit (CRU), an investigation into multiple alleged criminal offences involving a Dodge Ram truck was launched on December 3rd, 2024. The vehicle had counterfeit licence plates, officers determined the vehicle was involved in multiple break and enters in West Vancouver, a fail to stop for police in Langley, and a theft of tires in Surrey.
With help from other law enforcement agencies, police identified a suspect, as well as two residences he was associated to in Surrey.
On December 5th, 2024, police simultaneously executed two search warrants in Surrey: one in the 9400 block of 173A Street, and another at a residence in the 10200 block of 159A Street.
At the first residence, officers located and arrested a man behind the wheel of a stolen Jeep Compass.
“During the entry and search of the residence, eight additional people were located, detained, and later released,” said the Surrey Police Service in a release.
The following stolen items were found:
- Jeep Compass stolen in Chilliwack bearing a license plate that was stolen in Surrey
- Dodge Ram stolen in Maple Ridge used in the West Vancouver break and enter
- Counterfeit BC license plates used on the Dodge Ram
- 277 grams of Crystal Methamphetamine
- Stolen tools from other thefts
- 24 new stolen tires from a Surrey car dealership valued at approximately $6000)
The man suspected of driving the Dodge Ram was arrested at the second residence. During the search, officers seized the following items:
- The key for the stolen Dodge Ram (recovered at the 173A Street address)
- A key ring of “bump” keys (keys used to break into locks)
- A stolen Apple MacBook computer
- Fraudulent documents including credit cards
- Stolen credit cards
- Pieces of equipment used to forge documents
“By working collaboratively with our policing partners across the Lower Mainland, we were able to make arrests related to several alleged offences from West Vancouver to Chilliwack, recover and return thousands of dollars worth of stolen property, including two vehicles to their owners,” said Staff Sergeant Nigel Pronger of the RCMP SPOSU CRU. “We would like to thank our partners from Metro Vancouver Transit Police and West Vancouver Police for their efforts in making all our communities safer.”
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