Snee Oosh mail thefts under investigation

Swinomish Police have asked those with security cameras along Snee Oosh Road to contact the department following a rash of recent mail thefts in the area.

Tribal officers began fielding reports of suspected mail theft along the heavily traveled road on Swinomish Reservation in mid-April. Officers investigating those complaints found a substantial amount of discarded mail from neighboring streets off Snee Oosh.

The area in question runs from State Highway 20 to Pull-N-Be-Damned Road.

The thefts have some Snee Oosh and other La Conner area rural residents considering use of locking mailboxes.

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