Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 08 Sep, 2023 10:37 AM
Burnaby R-C-M-P are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect who allegedly stole a 75-hundred dollar Rolex watch after setting up meetings on Facebook Marketplace.
Police says the victim met the suspect in a Burnaby mall on September 1st to sell a Rolex but the purchase wasn’t completed on that day.
The pair met again on September 2nd and when the suspect got a chance to try the watch on he fled the area.
Mounties say the suspect was described as a male between 20 and 25 years old and six-feet-tall.
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Delta Mayor George Harvie says some drivers from Delta were stranded in their cars for up to 10 hours, while those in other parts of the region have told media that 45-minute commutes turned into 12 hours of gridlock.
