EDMONTON – Lac La Biche RCMP have charged a 62-year-old man with mail theft after a joint investigation with Canada Post.
Officers say Brian Sopel was a self contractor to Canada Post who delivered mail from the company’s Edmonton plant to several rural post officers in northern Alberta.
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After executing a search warrant on Sopel’s home, RCMP seized several stolen items including:
- 21 new cell phones
- laptops
- a tablet
- Military veteran paraphernalia
- clothing
- Consumer goods
- Storage containers owned by Canada Post
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Sopel has since been charged with theft of mail and possession of articles stolen from the mail.
He is scheduled to appear in court on March 3.
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