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If you’re heading downtown to take part in FIFA festivities or over to the FIFA Fan Festival, Constable Megan Lui has a few tips to help you stay safe. Learn more at vpd.ca/fifa-world-cup/ and vancouverfwc26.ca/know-befor…. #FIFAWorldCup2026Vancouver #KnowBeforeYouGo

#VPDNews: Vancouver Police are making people aware of a unique method that thieves are using to break in to homes. Between August 9 and December 24, 2025, ten apartment units spread across five residential apartment buildings in Vancouver, and one building in Burnaby, were targeted. “The suspects would gain entry into the building during the middle of the night and apply hot glue in the top corner of apartment unit doors, stretching it between the door and the frame,” says VPD Property Crime Sergeant Stan Dy. “When building residents returned home and opened the door, the strand of glue was broken. If the residents were away, the strand of glue stayed intact, indicating that no one was home. The suspects then returned within a few days and broke into suites that had intact glue.” It is believed that the suspects targeted older apartment buildings with limited security measures. which may include insecure stairwell doors or buildings that lack security cameras. Similar cases involving suspects using glue on unit doors through apartment buildings have been reported in Ontario and Edmonton. VPD investigators are asking anybody with information to call the Vancouver Police Property Crime tip line at 604-717-0610.