About $250,000 worth of copper wire was stolen from an unmanned gas site in rural Charlie Lake.
“The theft is believed to have occurred intermittently between Nov. 26, 2025 and Feb. 4, 2026,” Fort St. John RCMP said in a statement. The site is located near the Alaska Highway on Lower Cache Road.
“With thefts like these, suspects usually spend a considerable amount of time at the site. Handling and hauling that amount of stolen material also makes the acts much more conspicuous,” said Cst. Christiaan Dreyer, a media relations officer with the Fort St. John RCMP.
The investigation into the theft, valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, is ongoing, police said.
“We’re asking anyone who may have seen something suspicious or has dashcam or surveillance footage of suspicious activity in the area to contact us,” Dreyer said.
Anyone looking to anonymously report information to the police can do so through Crime Stoppers.
