West Vancouver Police has arrested three people who are alleged to have broken into houses and vehicles in the British Properties before attempting to flee from police.
The suspects were arrested on Lonsdale Avenue with help from North Vancouver RCMP.
On February 8, at approximately 8:30 am, WVPD received a report of a possible residential break and enter in progress on Highview Pl in British Properties.
Police discovered that the suspect vehicle, a white pickup truck, had fled. A license plate was obtained by a witness and the vehicle was confirmed to have been stolen from Surrey.
At approximately 9:15 am, police received reports from witnesses near Bonnymuir Dr. and Southborough Dr., who told the police that the suspects were trying to break into parked cars.
Police located the pickup truck, which is then alleged to have rammed a police vehicle before fleeing at a high rate of speed.
A spike belt was successfully used on Hwy. 1 near Capilano Rd., but the vehicle continued driving Eastbound into North Vancouver. All four tires had been punctured.
Police then received a 9-1-1 call from a citizen who reported seeing a rifle being thrown out of the fleeing truck. Police quickly recovered a loaded shotgun along the shoulder of Hwy 1 between Capilano Rd. and Lonsdale Ave.
North Vancouver RCMP attended the area to assist WVPD and the truck was located driving Southbound on Lonsdale Ave. The truck stopped near Lonsdale Ave. and 12th St., and two suspects fled on foot.
A woman was quickly located inside a nearby business and taken into custody without further incident. A man was located in a nearby office building and was also taken into custody without further incident.
Simultaneously, a third suspect was located and apprehended with the assistance of a WVPD Police Service Dog (PSD) in the 500 blk. Of Craigmohr Dr. in West Vancouver.
Officers had located a home that appeared to have been broken into, and a police dog was used to assist with a search of the home. A man was found hiding inside and taken into custody.
“This incident involved the coordinated efforts of many police resources which yielded excellent results,” says Insp. John Lo of the West Vancouver Police. “I am proud of the work that our officers do every day to supress crime in this city. We are proud of the working relationship that we have with our policing partners in North Vancouver, and thank them for their assistance with safely taking these suspects into custody.”
The woman was later released without charges due to insufficient evidence at the time. Two suspects, Adam Zinck and Alexander Eaton, were arrested and will appear in court on February 12.
So glad they were caught. I hope they go to jail for a very long time. My house was broken into twice by this kind of scum, who stole all of my favourite things. Good riddance to stinking garbage.