Three people are to appear in a central Alberta court this week after an online ad featuring a stolen tractor led RCMP to the suspected thieves.
Mounties say the tractor worth $25,000 was stolen from a Stettler-area equipment dealer last Monday and the ad showed up the next day.
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Officers showed up at the site of the proposed sale, searched the area and found the tractor.
Two men and a woman are facing several charges, including theft over $5,000 and possession of stolen property for the purpose of trafficking.
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Murray Peters, who is 38 and from Red Deer, 34-year-old Jesse McLeod of Halkirk and 18-year-old Jacqueline Hinse, also of Halkirk, are to appear in Stettler provincial court on Thursday.
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