A lumber heist in Lucan has left police searching for the thieves who made off with thousands of dollars worth of wood from a local hardware store.
Middlesex OPP were called about the robbery at the Home Hardware at 6255 William Street in Lucan Friday morning.
Officers determined that, sometime overnight, thieves arrived at the store in a black Dodge Ram pickup truck, swiped a trailer from a neighbouring property and proceeded to load it and the pickup with approximately $24,000 worth of lumber.
No description of the thieves has been provided by police.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information about this theft is asked to call police at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).