Image: Mission RCMP / Photo of recovered stolen watercrafts from a property in Pitt Meadows.

By Don Mitchell

watercraft thefts

Tracking device on stolen Sea-Doo leads to recovery of stolen watercraft in Pitt Meadows

Oct 11, 2024 | 9:33 AM

MISSION – Police are crediting a tracking device on a personal watercraft for aiding seizures of stolen property in Pitt Meadows.

RCMP say five stolen watercraft, including some Sea-Doo-branded vehicles and trailers, were recovered during a recent property search near the Golden Ears Bridge.

In a release, investigators say the theft of three stolen watercraft over the last month sparked the probe that disrupted a crime group’s efforts targeting Sea-Doo-style vehicles in several Lower Mainland cities.

“On September 20, a resident of Silverdale Avenue in Mission reported to police that someone had cut through a fence on her property and stolen her yellow Sea-Doo and trailer,” a Mission RCMP spokesperson said.

“Then around 5 am on October 3, thieves entered onto a property near Deroche, and stole two more Sea-Doos on a trailer.”

equipment donation

Vital signs machines featured in $35K donation to Mission Memorial Hospital

19m ago

psychiatric program

New bus to improve teen access at Abbotsford psychiatric program

1h ago

play audition

Abbotsford's Gallery 7 holding auditions for Irena's Vow, set during the German occupation of Poland in World War II

2h ago

RCMP say the craft stolen from Silverdale was not one of the vehicles recovered during the seizure.

Detectives have ascertained that the watercraft had previously been taken from properties in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Richmond, and Langley.

No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with more information about these thefts is asked to contact Mission RCMP at 604-826-7161.