Tooth can be stranger than fiction, sometimes.
The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is currently sitting on $12,000 worth of gold, all in the form of dental wares. Well, probably not sitting - that'd be uncomfortable.
They collected the golden mouth nuggets (fillings, caps and bridges) in June after investigators found out a gold buyer in East Vancouver had just purchased them.
“Our investigators immediately seized the gold, knowing it was likely stolen,” says Sgt. Steve Addison. “So far, we haven’t been able to determine from where the gold was stolen, so we haven’t yet been able to make an arrest or lay charges.”
Before you worry about someone breaking into houses to steal fillings from sleeping folk, the VPD says investigators believe thieves struck gold after hitting a dental office, or someone who collects dental gold.
While the gold was seized in East Vancouver it might not have been a local break and enter; it could have happened out of province. Alternatively, it may not have been reported.
Anyone who might know whose gold it is is asked to call the VPD's property crime unit at 604-717-0613.
