Have you seen a 2013 Dodge Ram 1500 in your neighbourhood in the past couple of days?
It may belong to Black Creek Motors.
The Vancouver Island pre-owned vehicle dealership located between Courtenay and Campbell River fell victim to thieves early Sunday morning.
The culprits broke into the lot, disabled the steering lock on the pickup, then hooked it up to another truck and towed it off the property. The two trucks were seen heading north on Highway 19A.
Black Creek Motors owner Doug MacMillan said the truck was bought at an auction a couple of months ago.
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MacMillan has checked his logbook to see if there was any spike in interest in recent weeks, but has come up empty.
B次元官网网址淣othing at all,B次元官网网址 he said. B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檝e been looking through (records) from recent days to see who was looking at it but thereB次元官网网址檚 nothing that (jumps out).B次元官网网址
He said while the video shows the truck being towed away, the angle was not good enough to pick up the licence plate of the truck that was doing the towing.
B次元官网网址淵ou know, video cameras, unless it is right close, they are terrible at night, or from far away. I have a mechanic shop across the street and I have video there too, but it seems to have been down at the time.B次元官网网址
MacMillan has opened a file with the RCMP but he is not hopeful.
This is not the first time Black Creek Motors has been hit by car thieves in recent months.
B次元官网网址淭his is the second time this year,B次元官网网址 said MacMillan. B次元官网网址(The other one) was an SUV and someone broke into the office, stole all the keys, found the keys that belonged to that car, threw the rest of the keys on the ground and drove off. It was found in Campbell River. It looked like (someone) just needed a ride home.B次元官网网址
MacMillan has owned Black Creek Motors for about six years. The first five were theft-free.
B次元官网网址淭his is something new,B次元官网网址 he said. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 not an easy business and losing cars makes it hard. I have a high insurance deductible, so I wonB次元官网网址檛 even get any insurance money on this.B次元官网网址
The Record has reached out to the RCMP for comment.
terry.farrell@blackpress.ca
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