IHIT called to investigate body found at Maple Ridge

It is not known at this time if this incident is related to the current Lower Mainland gang conflict.

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Homicide police are investigating after firefighters found a body inside a burning truck in Maple Ridge early Saturday morning.

Firefighters were called to Park Lane and Vernon Trail at 1:30 a.m. after reports that a black truck was on fire. When crews extinguished the flames, they discovered a body inside the vehicle, according to a statement from RCMP.

Ridge Meadows’ RCMP was called to the scene. Mounties has now passed the investigation on to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.

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IHIT says it is still in the early stages of its investigation and that it is unknown whether the incident is related to the Lower Mainland gang conflict.

Police say the burned-out black truck did not have a silencer, “so it would have been very noisy while traveling through Maple Ridge and the surrounding areas.”

Investigators are asking that anyone who has been in the area around 1:30 a.m. contact IHIT at 1-877-551-4448. Anyone with a dash cam who is in the area at the time is also asked to introduce themselves.

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