Police in Nanaimo hope the public can help locate a guitar and travel bag stolen from a vehicle in a downtown hotel parking lot. (Photo submitted)

Gibson guitar, Louis Vuitton bag stolen from vehicle in Nanaimo

Items taken from car in Coast Bastion Hotel parking lot last week

  • Mar. 2, 2021 12:00 a.m.

Police in Nanaimo hope the public can help locate a valuable guitar and expensive travel bag stolen during a vehicle break-in downtown Nanaimo last week.

The theft happened sometime overnight Feb. 25 from a vehicle parked in the Coast Bastion Hotel parking lot on Front Street.

A Gibson SG electric guitar and a Louis Vuitton travel bag were stolen. The guitar is burgundy-coloured and U.S.A.-made, with a serial number of 00415330. The handbag is brown leather and contained an assortment of women’s clothing and a charging cord.

Anyone with information about the location of these items is asked to call the Nanaimo RCMP non-emergency line at 250-754-2345, and quote file No. 2021-6917.

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