Multiple cars in different locations were broken into late Monday and early Tuesday as Sidney suffered what appears to be coordinated criminality.
The Sidney North Saanich RCMP described the May 6-7 break-ins and thefts of items from within the vehicles as a “targeted dramatic spike.”
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As the incidents are under investigation and some of the cars are still being examined, the detachment was unable to say if the same break-in methods had been used by the thieves and on how many vehicles.
In February a rash of thefts occurred with thieves rifling through unlocked cars. But this time many of the cars were locked and force had to be used to open them.
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It remains to be seen if the same break-in method was used by the thieves on all the vehicles but many of the cars had their locks punched-out.
Const. Meighan de Pass of the Sidney North Saanich RCMP said, “We remind people to remove all items of temptation from your vehicle.”
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