Police arrest two suspects in connection with UBC carjacking
Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 23:30:15 +0000
Police have arrested two people in connection with a carjacking that took place last month at the University of B.C.
According to the RCMP, it was a phone call from a concerned citizen that led police to the two suspects in North Vancouver, where they had been driving the stolen vehicle.
“A great deal of credit is due to the alert person who called us,” said Sgt. Peter DeVries of the North Van RCMP. “They figured they were just reporting a reckless driver in their cul-de-sac. What they couldn’t have known was that they were actually helping take two violent, dangerous criminals off the street.”
On Sept. 17, around 6:30 p.m., a woman was returning to her parked car on the 10th floor of a 12-floor parkade on the Point Grey campus when she was approached by two men. The pair pulled out a palm-sized black handgun and ordered her to hand over the keys to her 2007 grey Kia Spectra, before they fled in her vehicle.
The investigation spanned several police jurisdictions across the Lower Mainland before the citizen called in a report of the Kia being driven dangerously.
No names have been released and charges are expected.