QUINTE WEST, Ont. – Just days before Remembrance Day, police say they are looking for two thieves who made off with a poppy donation box from a southern Ontario business.
Provincial police say they are looking for a man and a woman after the box was reported stolen from a business in Quinte West.
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The same two suspects are also believed to be involved in the theft of a second poppy donation box at another business in the city west of Belleville.
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It’s not known exactly how much cash was in the boxes, which are the property of the Royal Canadian Legion.
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The suspects are described as a white male with a medium build and short brown hair, wearing jeans and a red jacket, and a white female with bleach blonde hair in her late 40s, wearing a blue and black jacket, jeans and high heels.
Anyone with information is asked to immediately contact provincial police or Crime Stoppers.
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