Alleged bail scammers caught with $19K cash in White Rock, RCMP say
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Mounties in White Rock recently recovered more than $19,000 in cash that had allegedly been collected from victims of "grandchild scams" in neighbouring South Surrey.
Mounties in White Rock recently recovered more than $19,000 in cash that had allegedly been collected from victims of "grandchild scams" in neighbouring South Surrey.
The money was recovered in early February, but White Rock RCMP did not announce the finding until Thursday.
In a news release, the detachment said an officer was fuelling their police vehicle near the end of their shift on Feb. 7 when they noticed "a suspicious meeting between the occupants of two vehicles."
"When one of the individuals noticed the police officer, the physical signs of nervousness became very apparent," RCMP said in the release.
"The officer approached the group and observed evidence consistent with illegally obtained money in an amount of over $19,000."
Police did not elaborate on what evidence the officer saw that led to this conclusion, nor how the officer determined that the people present were "money couriers" who were "passing off their nefariously obtained cash to their boss."
Three people were arrested, and the investigation is ongoing, police said, adding that victims in the South Surrey area had been identified and would soon be getting their money back.
