RCMP search for vehicle thief

Police in Lake Country and Kelowna are searching for a male suspect in an investigation relating to theft of a motor vehicle and fraud.

The RCMP say a 2008 white Subaru was stolen from a residence in the Springfield Road area in Kelowna sometime overnight on August 31.

Just before 5 a.m. on September 1, an unknown male was caught on surveillance footage at two gas stations in Lake Country. The man also used a stolen credit card to purchase gasoline.

The male suspect filling up the stolen Subaru in Lake Country on the morning of Sept. 1. (submitted photo/RCMP)

The vehicle was found a short time later near a residence on Hein Road in Kelowna.

“The suspect is described as a Caucasian man wearing a gray long sleeve shirt, jeans, two long chain necklaces, a black mask and an orange glove on his left hand,” said Cpl. Tammy Lobb, the watch commander for Lake Country RCMP.

“If anyone has any information about these incidents or this suspect, please call the Lake Country RCMP at 250-766-2288 and quote file 2022-55544,” she said.

The male suspect in a Lake Country gas station on the morning of Sept. 1 (submitted photo/Kelowna RCMP)

Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers online or at 1-800-222-8477.