Saskatoon man’s semi-truck loaded with lumber stolen then recovered with help from other truckers
Global News
A Saskatoon trucker had his semi-truck and lumber load was stolen then found a few days later 45 minutes away in Colonsay.
Truck driving is an earnest living for many in Saskatchewan and across Canada, but a local lumber truck driver who owns Soorma Trucking had quite a week. His semi-truck and trailer was stolen on Tuesday evening.
Gurpreet Singh said the parked truck was locked. He said the thieves broke open a side panel on the door and using the key he keeps hidden in the truck, and drove it away with 32 skids of lumber.
“I had parked the truck on 48th Street East near Wentz Avenue, and when I returned in the morning at 6 a.m. on Wednesday it was missing. I had in the range of $70,000 to $80,000 worth of lumber on it,” Singh said.
Singh said he then called the Saskatoon Police Service and filed a report.
Police confirmed this in a statement to Global News, adding the investigation is ongoing.
Thanks to a number of contacts within the trucking community and social media the semi-truck and trailer were spotted in the parking lot of a Co-op in Colonsay, roughly 45 minutes east of Saskatoon.
Singh drove down on Friday to get his semi-truck and trailer and confronted who he believed had stolen his truck and trailer.
Singh said the thieves managed to ransack his truck taking just about everything that wasn’t bolted down and one skid of lumber worth more than $2,000.
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