Red Deer man arrested in Swan Hills area for alleged oil site thefts
A 37-year-old Red Deer man is one of four people charged in connection to thefts of copper from oil sites in the Swan Hills area, north of Whitecourt.
RCMP there say they’ve seen a 22 per cent increase in oil site thefts over the last two months.
The man from Red Deer, along with a 51-year-old man from Edmonton, 61-year-old man from Kavanagh, and a 23-year-old woman from Edmonton faces several charges related to break, enter and theft, mischief, and possession of stolen property.
RCMP say they were each arrested allegedly in the act of stealing copper.