A man caught violating probation orders by having drugs and break-in tools in his possession Wednesday morning was not carrying an engagement ring around because he was planning to propose – the ring was not his, according to police.
Officers were called to the 4200 block of Oxford Street in the Burnaby Heights neighbourhood for reports of two men looking into vehicles just before 7 a.m., according to Burnaby RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Mike Kalanj.
The responding officers found their first clue – a car with a smashed window – nearby, at Rosser Avenue north of Pandora Street, Kalanj said.
Then, just around the corner, at Oxford Street east of Rosser Avenue, they located two men in their mid-20s who fit the suspect descriptions.
One of the men was found to be under a probation order banning him from carrying illicit drugs and break-in tools.
“He had both on him,” Kalanj said.
A search revealed the man was also carrying a baton and a knife and “a whole bunch of stolen items,” including an engagement ring, according to Kalanj.
“Right off the bat, he said it wasn’t his,” Kalanj said of the ring.
Both suspects were detained, and the man caught breaching his probation orders was taken into custody.
Police are now looking for the owner of the engagement ring.
To claim it, contact Burnaby RCMP at 604-646-9999 and cite file number 21-11992.
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