Image: Atwals Auto via Facebook / A Caucasian male (left) is pictured in this video still throwing a rock through the front door of Atwals Auto on Vedder Road in Chilliwack. The suspect and another male broke into the business and stole a Jeep Cherokee, which has since been recovered.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Chilliwack auto dealer burglarized

Chilliwack auto dealership looks to ID burglary suspects

Jul 10, 2024 | 8:41 AM

CHILLIWACK — An auto dealership in Sardis is hoping to identify two suspects who broke into their business earlier this week and made off with a Jeep Cherokee SUV.

According to a social media post from the business, Atwals Auto, located at 7131 Vedder Road in Chilliwack near the Canco gas station, said two individuals, presumably men, broke into their business on Monday, July 8.

Video shared by the auto dealer depicts two men approaching the front door of the business at 4:43 a.m., one with a hat and balaclava to conceal his face and hair, and the other with a simple bandana-type fabric covering his face. One of the two men throws a jagged rock or boulder through the glass of the front door, shattering it, before they quickly scurry inside the building to locate keys from the unlocked desk drawers at two business workstations.

Image: Atwals Auto / A look at a burglary in progress at Atwals Auto on Monday morning, July 8.

At 4:44 a.m., the two individuals continue searching for keys when the business siren activates, causing the pair to expedite their criminal efforts. By 4:45 a.m., the two exit the building with keys and hustle to the parking lot to make off with a Jeep Cherokee.