Vancouver police are searching for three unidentified men who swiped a jewelled necklace and a pair of masks from Cirque Du Soleil Saturday night.
The men allegedly broke into a tent at about 3:30am and ran off with the necklace, a black mask with gold trim and an ape mask. The items, created for Cirque Du Soleil’s Totem production, have an estimated value of about $28,000.
“We are appealing to the public to help us get the stolen costumes back, because the show must go on,” VPD spokesperson Sergeant Randy Fincham said in a statement.
Fincham says the items were stolen from a secure area at the site, on the north side of False Creek. He says the break and enter doesn’t appear to be an inside job.
Investigators are reviewing surveillance video and looking for any witnesses. Fincham says the costume pieces are essential to the production and doesn’t know if Cirque has a back-up plan.
{ SOURCE: CBC, Vancouver Sun, Metro News }
