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Hundreds of stolen government IDs, credit cards, pieces of mail seized in Surrey RCMP bust

Items seized during an investigation into mail theft and fraud in Surrey. Surrey RCMP

Surrey RCMP say they’ve recovered a huge quantity of stolen mail, credit cards, government-issued ID cards and forged identification after cracking a “large scale” mail and identity theft operation.

The Surrey RCMP’s Community Response Unit began the investigation in November after someone reported a break-in at a community mailbox.

Police obtained a warrant and searched a home in the 1300 block of Balloch Drive.

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Officers found “hundreds of pieces of mail, stolen credit cards, cheques, 139 government-issued identification cards, multiple forged identifications and counterfeit currency,” said Mounties in a media release.

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Police said they also recovered $6,000 in cash.

RCMP said they were now working with Canadian postal inspectors to review the seized material and to contact potential victims.

A Surrey man, 29-year-old Michael Benjamin Stott, is also facing multiple charges, inducing break-and-enter and mail theft.

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