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Image: Mission RCMP / Mission RCMP say they located three burned vehicles on Lost Creek Forest Service Road on Monday, April 29. One of the three vehicles, a 1998 Ford Ranger pickup truck, had been stolen from Chilliwack. The other two burned vehicles were a 2019 Kia Elantra and a 1972 travel trailer. 
Mission RCMP

RCMP locates burned vehicle that was stolen from Chilliwack

May 13, 2024 | 11:28 AM

LOST CREEK FSR — Police in Mission say they’re investigating the discovery of three burned vehicles on Lost Creek Forest Service Road north of Mission, two of which were later determined to be stolen.

According to a news brief from a media relations officer at the Mission RCMP detachment, police say a witness reported seeing three torched vehicles along Lost Creek Forest Service Road on Monday, April 29. Police responded and located a 1998 Ford Ranger pickup stolen from Chilliwack, a 2019 Kia Elantra stolen from Surrey, and a 1972 travel trailer. All had been completely burned.

“If you have any information about these vehicles, or if you witness other suspicious activity in the back country, please call Mission RCMP at 604-826-7161,” Mission RCMP wrote. “Let’s help to keep our forests safe together.”

Police provided an image of an upside down torched vehicle that is either the 1998 Ford Ranger pickup stolen out of Chilliwack, or the 2019 Kia Elantra stolen out of Surrey.

For the week of April 29 through Sunday, May 5, Mission RCMP fielded 314 calls for service, conducted 18 proactive patrols of identified hot spots, and completed six curfew checks.

Mission RCMP provides policing to Mission, Fraser Valley Regional District Electoral Areas F (Hatzic Prairie) and G (Deroche and Dewdney), and Sumas First Nation.

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