A Kelowna, B.C. household who has been displaced from their dwelling after a semi-truck smashed into it final month is now coping with one other hurdle.
As if a semi-truck lodged into their dwelling wasn’t sufficient, they had been the sufferer of a theft and the homeowners consider the suspects might have been tenting inside.
“It’s past irritating. I’m fed up with coping with this,” stated house owner Samer Shehadeh.
“A number of valuables had been stolen. Looks as if they had been in there many instances over the past couple of days. A number of valuables are gone from the third flooring, second flooring of the home.”
On April 11, a semi-truck rammed into the house, forcing the household out for the subsequent eight to 12 months because the truck did vital structural harm.
This left the house unprotected and criminals discovered a technique to get inside by posing as another person.
“The three to 4 guys posed as building staff this morning. When the safety guard confronted them for ID, that’s once they type of took him to the nook. It appeared like he had a knife or one thing in his pocket, threatened the man,” Shehadeh stated.
The thieves made off with Shehadeh’s automobile and due to an app on his cellphone, they had been capable of finding the automobile with assist from police.
“They arrange their type of covert staff and saved tabs on the automobile all morning. They had been capable of monitor it. The man moved they usually had been capable of arrest the offender that stole the automobile,” he stated.
Shehadeh says it appears as if the suspects might have been there longer than he initially thought.
“It nearly looks as if they had been tenting in the home primarily based on what we’ve seen up to now. Open cans simply on the bottom, downstairs,” stated Shehadeh.
The household has now elevated safety on the house to hopefully keep away from one other incident.
“They began to board up the home, it had flimsy plastic on it. Now they’re placing wooden. They’re stepping up the safety guards — they’re placing two folks now,” Shehadeh stated.
Kelowna RCMP has confirmed to World Information an investigation is underway and shall be releasing extra info because it turns into obtainable.
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