Police called to break-in at mall, suspect arrested

Police took a suspect into custody in connection with a break-in at a Vernon business.

Mounties were called to a suspicious circumstance at a business in the 4900 block of 27th Street on the morning of Friday, March 22. Police don’t say what the business was, but that address is the Village Green Shopping Centre.

“The property representative had arrived to work to discover the commercial alarm had been triggered overnight though there were no sign of forced entry,” Cpl. Tania Finn, media relations officer, said.

“Frontline officers arrived to clear the building and found evidence a break, enter and theft had occurred including merchandise strewn on the floor.”