. From bees and beef to well-known pictures and even somebody’s house, a variety of weird thefts were reported this year.
. CTVNews.ca takes a look at a few of the more uncommon taken products that made the news in 2022:
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ANIMALS
. RCMP in Prince Edward Island revealed in May they were looking for a suspect accountable for taking a nest of bees from a home in Iris.
.” We have factor to think whoever was associated with eliminating the hive was not experienced in handling bees– it is extremely possible they were stung rather terribly when the hive was moved,” RCMP Sgt. Leanne Butler stated at the time.
. In July, Ontario Provincial Authorities stated 44 pigs worth $12,000 were taken from a farm in Huron County.
. Family pet shops, and their animals, likewise were the targets of thefts.
. In Oak Bay, B.C., on Vancouver Island, cops state a guy took a betta fish, likewise referred to as a Siamese combating fish, and 2 plans of food in late August.
. A Winnipeg lady in November stated she thought her turtle was taken after bringing its tank to a regional family pet store.
. And in early December, Hamilton cops made a surprise discovery while attempting to apprehend a burglary suspect when a green tree python wriggled out of the implicated’s coat.
. An officer at the scene utilized a baton to bring the python back to the reptile store where it was supposedly taken.
.” I resembled, ‘Why, simply why?'” Rae Delsey, a staff member at the store, informed CTV News Toronto.
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FOOD(* )
. In June, cops in Charlottetown stated a suspect crawled through the drive-thru window at a bagel shop and took numerous undefined products. Authorities shared security video of the suspect climbing up through the narrow window.
. Over in Puslinch, Ont., provincial cops state a tractor-trailer including $50,000 worth of quarter-pound beef patties was taken in September. Authorities state both the trailer and the patties were later on represented.
. The taken patties would not even be the most pricey food break-in reported in Canada this year.
. Waterloo Regional cops in Ontario reported in January that 2 tractor-trailers including roughly $363,000 worth of Ferrero Rocher chocolates were taken the previous Christmas Eve.
. WELL-KNOWN CHURCHILL PICTURE STOLEN
. In spite of being taken months prior, the theft of a renowned picture of Sir Winston Churchill from Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier hotel would not end up being understood till August.
. Not just was the well known picture, taken by Canadian professional photographer Yousuf Karsh, taken, it was likewise changed with a phony.
. While cops stated they would examine the theft, others state it’s possible the picture has actually currently been offered.
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SMALL HOUSE
. Back in June, Ontario Provincial Authorities in Essex County reported that a small house was taken and later on discovered.
. Authorities stated at the time that a trailer, which had the house on it, was drawn from a home in Leamington and discovered in neighboring Ruthven.
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GOLF CARTS
. Authorities in Ontario’s Niagara area reported in November that 44 golf carts worth almost $450,000 were taken from a golf course.
. The suspects included are thought to have actually driven each cart 2 kilometres throughout the golf course, through a cut fence and onto a vineyard service roadway prior to filling them onto a transportation lorry.
.’ HAVE YOU SEEN MY WHEELS?’
. The County of Wellington in Ontario put out an uncommon call for help in April after somebody took the wheels off a mobile indication trailer.
. The county shared the news in a tweet revealing the indication, which is utilized for speed enforcement, on stilts however without its wheels.
. DECOY OFFICER FOUND
. A life-sized cutout of a law enforcement officer went missing out on from the neighborhood of Hensall, Ont., over the Labour Day weekend.
. Called “Constable Wes Coast,” regional Ontario Provincial Authorities state the aluminum decoy officer was discovered in a ditch about 13 kilometres away the following month.
. TRAIN TRACKS
. In March, Waterloo Regional Authorities stated they were examining the reported theft of light-rail transit track elements in Kitchener, Ont.
. The theft, which included metal and electrical wiring, triggered hours-long service interruptions.
. Waterloo Authorities Const. Andre Johnson stated while early in the examination, it appeared the metal elements in the tracks were targeted for their worth.
.’ HARRY’ THE HORSE
. A life-sized fibreglass horse called “Harry,” which has actually stood beyond a Kelowna, B.C., horse materials store because 1995, was reported taken in June after somebody filled the regional landmark onto a U-Haul.
.” Harry” would stay missing out on for weeks till he was ultimately reunited with his owners the list below month after a regional homeowner discovered the horse covered in a tarpaulin near an orchard where prohibited disposing happens.
. GUITARS REUNITED
. Numerous individuals throughout Canada reported being reunited with their taken guitars, in many cases more than a years later on.
. A high school instructor in Moncton, N.B., had his $4,000 guitar taken from his house in the spring of 2013. He would be reunited with it 9 years later on in August.
. That very same month, an artist in Edmonton got his 1964 Fender Telecaster, talented to him by Canadian nation legend Huge George Moody 40 years earlier, after it was taken from his truck.
. Authorities in Surrey, B.C., assisted an artist in July recuperate among 14 guitars taken from him in 2007.
. And in Winnipeg, a coffee house owner was reunited with her taken guitar, a Fender Stratocaster from Australian artist Tash Sultana.
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With files from CTV News
