Image: Abbotsford Police Department / The Crime Reduction Unit of the Abbotsford Police Department is investigating the theft of a 40-foot shipping container from a rural property on Lefeuvre Road in Abbotsford earlier this week.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Shipping container stolen

Abbotsford Police investigating theft of a 40-foot shipping container, possibly in broad daylight

Apr 18, 2024 | 4:02 PM

ABBOTSFORD — The Crime Reduction Unit of the Abbotsford Police Department is investigating the theft of a 40-foot shipping container from a rural property in Abbotsford earlier this week.

According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Constable Art Stele, investigators suspect the container may have been stolen during daytime hours on Monday, April 15 by unknown suspects.

Police say a pair of flat deck trucks with folding knuckle-boom cranes are suspected of being used to remove the shipping container from the property in the 6000 block of Lefeuvre Road in Abbotsford.

One truck was described as having a black cab with chrome accents, and the second truck was described as having a red cab and towing a flat-deck trailer. The container owners were not present when the container was removed and had not given permission for it to be removed from the property.

AbbyPD CRU personnel have reason to believe that the company or companies whose heavy equipment was utilized in moving and transporting the shipping container may have been unaware that the container owners had not consented to their container being moved. Investigators are appealing to the public for any information or dashcam footage that may assist in identifying the company/companies utilized in transporting the container in hopes it will give investigators evidence toward the eventual recovery of the container and its contents to the lawful owners.

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If you have any information about the company or companies used to pick up and transport the shipping container, please contact AbbyPD Sergeant Cory Johansen at cory.johansen@abbypd.ca