A Canada Post employee in Alberta was arrested after a search warrant found that the employee had over 500 parcels kept in a residence and vehicle, the RCMP says.
The items were reportedly found on Nov. 23 after Wainwright RCMP, the Eastern Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit, and Canada Post inspectors executed a search warrant in Wainwright—an east central Alberta town, about 200 kilometres southeast of Edmonton—that evening.
“The deliverable parcels have been returned to Canada Post for continuation in the delivery process to their intended destination,” said the RCMP in a release.
“Criminal code charges have not been laid before the provincial court at this time.”
The Mounties said the employee was released with conditions but is set to appear in Wainwright Provincial Court on Jan. 5, 2023.
Meanwhile, an investigation into the offences of theft from mail under $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000 is underway, the release said.
