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Kamloops City
2024-04-16 13:29 PDT
File # 2024-7515
A recently stolen banana box contained more than just fruit – it also had a very expensive produce scanner.
On Thursday March 14, 2024, around 12:15 p.m., an employee reported leaving the produce scanner inside a banana box in a store aisle on Summit Drive. When the employee returned, the box was gone. According to the report, a review of the security video showed a woman in a bright orange shirt take the box and leave the store.
View larger image: the woman is described as: Caucasian, brown or dirty blond hair in braided pig tails, red or orange shirt.
View larger image: the produce scanner is a Zebra model, black device with buttons, handle grip mid-way down the back.
Investigators are releasing an image of the woman to the public in hopes that she, or someone who knows her, will contact police so they can further discuss the removal of the box and where the scanner went, said Corporal Crystal Evelyn, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson.
Investigators are releasing an image of the woman to the public in hopes that she, or someone who knows her, will contact police so they can further discuss the removal of the box and where the scanner went,
The woman is described as:
The produce scanner is a:
Anyone with information that may help identify the woman or be related to this investigation is asked to please contact the Kamloops RCMP Detachment at 250-828-3000 and reference file 2024-7515.
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Email: crystal.evelyn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca Website: kamloops.rcmp.ca
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