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Police looking for wallet theft suspect

Suspect buys from Cabela’s and other stores with stolen credit cards.
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Police hope the public can identify a man suspected of using a stolen credit card to make purchases at Cabela's in north Nanaimo Nov. 10.

Police are looking for a man who allegedly stole a wallet and fraudulently used credit cards.

On Nov. 10, a wallet was reported stolen from a scooter parked outside the main entrance to Walmart in Woodgrove Centre.

According to police, when the owner realized his wallet was missing he immediately called his credit card company to cancel his cards and was told the credit cards had already been used at various retail stores in north Nanaimo.

Security camera footage, obtained from Cabela's, shows a man police allege used a stolen credit card to make purchases.

Anyone who has information about the identity of this person, please call the Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or contact Crime Stoppers at www.nanaimocrimestoppers.com; text 274637, keyword Nanaimo, or call 1-800-222-8477.



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