A North Vancouver resident is hoping someone will find or return some sentimental heirlooms and personal documents after her safe was stolen last week.
The woman left her basement suite on Hoskins Road just after 10 a.m. on April 29. When she returned an hour later, the home had been broken into and the safe was missing.
When the thief eventually gets the safe open, he or she will soon realize they should have heeded the note posted to the front before lugging the steel box off.
"I'm not worth stealing. I don't contain any valuables. I only keep personal and company documents safe from fire," the note read.
The only things in the safe were audiotapes of the victim's parents and old photo negatives, said Cpl. Doug Trousdell, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman.
Either the thief ignored the note or was further enticed by it, believing it to be a ruse, Trousdell speculated.
In any case, police are hoping contents will turn up or the thief will return them.
"I don't think they're of any value to the thief," he said.
In 2012, thieves made off with an Alderlynn Drive man's safe containing only home movies. The break-and-enter remains under investigation. Anyone with any information is asked to call the North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311.
