Repeat liquor thieves charged after investigation by RCMP in central Alberta
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Multiple central Alberta RCMP detachments have charged three people following an investigation into liquor theft.
On April 2, at about 8:40 p.m., Ponoka RCMP officers responded to a thieft at a loca lliquor store. Surveillance footage captured two females and one male leaving the store with more than $1,000 worth of allegedly stolen alcohol.
On April 15, at about 5:30 p.m., Wetaskiwin RCMP responded to a similar theft, with surveillance capturing a male and female leaving the store with stolen goods. Suspects fled in a black Kia Sportage.
Following the Wetaskiwin incident, the Wetaskiwin Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) assumed carriage of the investigation. Through review of surveillance footage, suspect descriptions, and investigative follow-up, CRU members were able to link the individuals involved in the Wetaskiwin robbery to the earlier theft reported in Ponoka, police note in a release.
