A surveillance camera provided footage of a man police suspect of stealing packages at a home in Qualicum Beach. (Submitted photo)

A surveillance camera provided footage of a man police suspect of stealing packages at a home in Qualicum Beach. (Submitted photo)

Oceanside RCMP ask public to help identify suspected porch pirate

Surveillance camera captures man reportedly taking packages

Oceanside RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance identifying a man police suspect of stealing packages from a residential porch in Qualicum Beach.

At approximately 9 a.m. on Dec. 26, 2023, a man was captured on a homeowner’s video surveillance, reportedly taking recently delivered packages.

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The Caucasian man, according to the RCMP news release, appears to be in his thirties with a full, light brown beard and mustache wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt with a logo on the left chest area, dark pants and camel-coloured slippers with white fur lining.

If you are able to identify the man in the photo, please contact the Oceanside RCMP at 250-248-6111 quoting file No. 2023-13490.

— NEWS Staff

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