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A 21-year-old man is facing charges in a case that saw police track an allegedly stolen Land Rover from a seller in Saskatoon all the way to Ghana, in west Africa.
According to the Saskatoon Police Service, officers got a report about a fraud case back on Jan. 14. Police said a man from Alberta purchased a Land Rover from a business on Faithful Avenue, but the seller later discovered that the vehicle had in fact been stolen through identity fraud.
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“Members of the Economic Crime Section began investigating and learned the vehicle was in British Columbia,” the police force said in a statement.
“Then days later, with assistance from the Edmonton Police Service and Canada Border Services Agency, officers learned the vehicle was on its way to Ghana, West Africa. Officers were later able to confirm that the vehicle was in Ghana.”
Police said officers got a break in the case on Feb. 3, when the police force got a report of a BMW X5 that had allegedly been purchased fruadulently from a different business on Faithful Avenue.
“The suspect was reportedly coming from Alberta but had a Quebec driver’s license and attended Saskatoon to buy the vehicle. The business was later informed the individual who purchased the vehicle had been flagged for fraudulent activity,” the police force explained.
“Through investigation, officers learned the suspect had been using a driver’s license that had been altered after it was lost in Quebec.”
Police said officers in Edmonton tracked the 21-year-old man down and arrested him.
He’s now facing charges of fraud over $5,000, motor vehicle theft, possession of identity documents belonging to another person, fraudulent impersonation, using a forged document and breaching court-imposed conditions.
Police did not say if the Land Rover was recovered after it was located in Africa.
