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

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.

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.