By Tim Amey

Chilliwack, B.C. - Chilliwack RCMP are investigating after a midafternoon silver bullion robbery.

At around 1:40pm on February 9^th, Mounties says two men entered a house on the 10000 block of Imperial.  They roughed up the person who lived there, and made off with $750 thousand dollars in silver bullion.  RCMP figure it took them 15 to 20 minutes to load it all into their car.

The victim ended up with several bruises after he tried to stop the two men.  He told RCMP that he thinks they may have been wearing uniforms.   "Police are in the preliminary stages of investigating this incident," said Cst. Tracy Wolbeck.  "We are hopeful that given the time of day, someone saw something and can give us some helpful information."  The victim didn’t think he knew the suspects.

Wolbeck says it was made up of bars and other items.  She says the homeowner preferred to invest in precious metals, and kept them in his house because he thought it would be safe.  She says it was his life savings and he had no insurance.

Mounties are pretty sure the suspects cased the place pretty thoroughly before going in.  The two males are described as white, medium build, both in their early 30's, dark hair with facial hair.  The suspects may have been associated to a white Sedan type vehicle, possibly either a Toyota Camry or Pontiac G6.  

If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact the Chilliwack RCMP at 604 792-4611 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

Comments

Posted by: SardisisreallyChilliwack on February 16 2011 2:31 PM

two days later and we finally hear about this hmmmmm>?