Cops strongly suspect the victim caught the thieves off-guard during their alleged caper, forcing them to quickly flee. In the process of scampering away like rats, they apparently dropped a saw blade of the type generally used to cut metal, plus the wallet. Not their first rodeo, the RCMP officers rightly assumed the ne’er-do-wells would return to look for the missing ID.
After a short stakeout, they stopped two men who were circling the area in a vehicle. It didn’t take long for the gendarmes to determine the dropped identification matched one of the car’s occupants. Also found aboard the car? The suspected stolen catalytic converter.