3 boats, 2 Sea-Doos worth more than $260K stolen from B.C. resort: RCMP
Mounties in the Okanagan are investigating after five watercraft were stolen from a local resort last month.
Mounties in the Okanagan are investigating after five watercraft were stolen from a local resort last month.
West Kelowna RCMP said three boats and two Sea-Doos — with a total value of more than $260,000 — were stolen from Okanagan Lake Resort sometime between July 17 and 26.
"It is believed they were all stolen by the same individual or group of individuals," Mounties said in a news release Friday.
The three boats are described as the following:
- 2014 Stingray, 212SC, primarily a red hull with white interior and sitting on a 2014 EZ Loader black boat trailer;
- 2011 black and white Campion Svfara SV3 that was on a 2007 black ShoreLand'r boat trailer;
- And a 2014 Sanger Indmar 60, green and black, that was sitting on a 2014 VM Pro black trailer.
Mounties describe the two stolen Sea-Doos as the following:
- 2014 Supercharged Rotax Wakepro 215 (4) Sea-Doo, black and white in colour;
- And a black and white 2014 GT 1130 Sea-Doo.
Both of the Sea-Doos were on the same trailer — described as a 2012 Triton boat trailer.
Anyone with information on the thefts is asked to call investigators at 250-768-2880 and reference file number 2024-43238. Those who wish to make an anonymous tip can do so through Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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