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Merchandise theft at Metrotown

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 23 Oct, 2024 12:25 PM
  • Merchandise theft at Metrotown

Police say a 41-year-old man is accused of stealing more than 56-thousand dollars of merchandise from Burnaby's Metrotown shopping centre.

R-C-M-P say the man was identified as a suspect through video surveillance after thefts from a single store between September 8th and 17th.

They say officers arrested the suspect at the shopping centre last month.

The man faces six counts of theft over five-thousand-dollars.

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