Flatbed truck --Image from RCMP

By Connor Gunn

Fort MacLeod RCMP searching for suspect and stolen flatbed truck and trailer

Nov 10, 2021 | 4:30 PM

FORT MACLEOD, AB – RCMP in Fort MacLeod need the public`s help in locating a stolen black Ford F350 flatbed truck that is believed to be in southern Alberta.

At approximately 8:45 am on October 25, RCMP received a report of the stolen truck, which was connected to a dump trailer that contained a forklift, which was also stolen.

“The dump trailer is described as a 2021 bumper-pull tri-axle, with three (3) 7000-pound axles, black in colour bearing Alberta Licence 6CP231,” the release says.

A few days after that incident, Okotoks RCMP received a report of a shoplifting incident that had occurred on October 29, 2021, at approximately 4:45 pm at a store in the area of Southbank Boulevard and 32 Street SE of Okotoks, Alta.

“An adult male was observed to exit a store with unpaid merchandise and leave in a truck. The vehicle the male entered was a black flatbed truck bearing BC licence plate PS001F,” RCMP states.

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It is believed that the vehicle the person used to exit the scene is the same flatbed truck that was stolen.

On October 28, Calgary Police Service received a report that the licence plate which was on the Ford F350 when it was stolen from Fort Macleod, had been swapped with a similar vehicle that was registered to a BC licence plate PS001F.

RCMP has released the following information following that Calgary incident.

“On Nov. 3, Claresholm RCMP received a call of a suspicious person asking for gas from residents in the rural area. Photographs were taken by the resident who provided them to police. The Ford F350 flatbed captured in the photograph was bearing the stolen B.C. licence plate PS001F, and is believed to be the stolen vehicle from Fort Macleod on Oct. 25, 2021. It is believed this involved the same male as in the Okotoks shoplifting incident.

On Nov. 4, 2021 shortly after midnight, Coaldale RCMP were notified by Lethbridge Police Service of a stolen vehicle that fled at a high rate of speed into RCMP jurisdiction. Coaldale RCMP attempted to intercept the stolen truck, however were unable to locate the it.

On Nov. 8, 2021, at approximately 6:20 p.m. the High River RCMP receive a call of an erratic driver. The High River RCMP located a vehicle, a Ford F350 Black in colour which was bearing the stolen licence plate PS001F and attempted a traffic stop southbound on Highway 2 north of Claresholm, Alta. The vehicle, believed to be the stolen truck from Fort Macleod, fled at a high rate of speed and in the interests of public safety, was not pursued.”

RCMP is requesting any information in relation to identifying the suspect in these incidents or locating the stolen property.

Contact Fort Macleod RCMP at 403-553-4406 or your local police. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.