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Rifles stolen from parking lot
By Canadian Press
MONTREAL (CP) -- Police were requesting the public's help Friday after 382 hunting rifles were stolen earlier this week from a truck's trailer in a parking lot.
The theft of the Winchester and Browning rifles happened early on Tuesday, police said.
The trailer holding the rifles was in a transport company's parking lot, which had a guard and security cameras.
Montreal police Cmdr. Leonard Lechman said the company will be lectured about security.
Lechman said he expects the firearms will be sold to hunters and not to criminals.
"People who might be found in possession of this type of weapon could be accused of possession of stolen goods," Lechman said.
Police have few clues but believe the theft was committed by members of organized crime.
Police have not excluded the possibility of charging the owner of the trailer with negligence.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Law/2003/03/28/53341-cp.html
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By Canadian Press
MONTREAL (CP) -- Police were requesting the public's help Friday after 382 hunting rifles were stolen earlier this week from a truck's trailer in a parking lot.
The theft of the Winchester and Browning rifles happened early on Tuesday, police said.
The trailer holding the rifles was in a transport company's parking lot, which had a guard and security cameras.
Montreal police Cmdr. Leonard Lechman said the company will be lectured about security.
Lechman said he expects the firearms will be sold to hunters and not to criminals.
"People who might be found in possession of this type of weapon could be accused of possession of stolen goods," Lechman said.
Police have few clues but believe the theft was committed by members of organized crime.
Police have not excluded the possibility of charging the owner of the trailer with negligence.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Law/2003/03/28/53341-cp.html
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