Suspects sought after electrical cables stolen from Grunthal business

RCMP are investigating after two men wearing safety vests stole $40,000 to $50,000 worth of electrical cable from a business in Grunthal last weekend.

An employee of a business on Holme Road in Grunthal reported the theft to St. Pierre-Jolys RCMP on Tuesday. The employee said the theft occurred at about 2 p.m. on Saturday.

The two suspects, one in an orange safety vest and the other in a blue safety vest, took the cable and left in a red pickup truck, RCMP said.

Mounties believe the same two suspects were involved in an attempted theft later that same day, in which they breached a lock at a cellphone tower near Highway 216 and Highway 59. An employee at the site spooked them and the pair fled.

RCMP are asking members of the public who may know about the thefts, or who owns the red truck, to call the St. Pierre-Jolys detachment at 204-433-7908 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.