Two men arrested after rash of boat thefts in Nanaimo: RCMP
NANAIMO — Two men possibly responsible for several boat thefts in the Nanaimo-area have been arrested and charged.
Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O’Brien said David Robert Malcolm, 38, and Ian Raymond Seward, 40, were arrested on a south Nanaimo beach on Aug. 22 while allegedly in possession of two stolen boats.
One vessel was taken recently from the Boat Basin marina, while another was stolen from Mudge Island, O’Brien said.
“Coincidentally after the arrest of these individuals we haven’t had a reported boat theft in Nanaimo,” he said. “There is nothing linking them to other thefts but we think they’re related.”