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Man steals $20,000 in tools from South Okanagan business

Police apprehended the suspect on Thursday morning
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Penticton RCMP eventually caught the man on Thursday morning who was suspected to have stolen $20,000 in tools from a business on Dartmouth Drive. (File photo)

Penticton police have caught a man suspected to be involved in a $20,000 tool theft.

RCMP responded to a break and enter at a business on Dartmouth Drive at 8 p.m. on June 23 after an alarm went off. Police say over $20,000 in tools was stolen.

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The suspect was captured on video surveillance and police eventually apprehended the man on Thursday morning, according to Const. James Grandy in an email.

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Robin Grant
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