Seems to come and go in waves. Central AB got hit hard a while back with this stuff, eventually those responsible get caught and do their day or two in jail, then start back up again, sometimes in a different area. Rinse. Repeat.
Hard to for RCMP to do much about it when there's 3 or 4 of them working, and huge rural areas for them to patrol. Not that if matters if the thieves are caught, thanks to our superb "justice" system.
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