Mission RCMP respond to 300 calls for service, including scams and stolen vehicles

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MISSION — Mission Mounties responded to scams, SOS calls and stolen vehicles – among others – during the week of May 19 to 25.

The RCMP’s latest Community Connection shows that police responded to 300 calls for service last week, and a few reports have made the honour list for creativity.

On May 21, a witness reported seeing two people take a 1979 blue and silver bus from where it had been parked on Gunn Avenue a few weeks prior. Police are still on the lookout for the large highway bus, which had also been turned into living quarters. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Mission RCMP at 604-826-7161.

A stolen vehicle report the next day yielded a different story. Mission RCMP was told about the stolen car driving along Sylvester Road that afternoon. Once the driver and passenger were in custody, officers found some bonus goodies.

“The 40-year-old male driver from Hatzic also had a loaded airsoft pistol next to him, and an open bag of cannabis,” wrote Mission RCMP. “Police are recommending a charge of possession of stolen property against the man.”

On to another form of theft– police responded to two reports of a common gold scam in Mission. Scammers approach people claiming to have gone through a recent tragedy, then ask for cash in exchange for fake gold or jewelry. One call involved a black Cadillac Escalade with a Washington State license plate, while a white Dodge Durango was used in the other.

More details are available through the Mission RCMP’s website.