Winkler police received a report from a local store last week Monday regarding a shoplifting incident that occurred on October 14th.

The store reported two males left the store without paying for a large amount of merchandise.

Several days later police received a report from another local store also advising that two males had stolen items of merchandise, also on October 14th.

Police believe the same males were involved in both incidents. Both cases are still under investigation.

Months after investing a large sum of money into cryptocurrency, a woman found out she was scammed out her her cash.

Last week, the female reported to Winkler police that several months earlier she answered an online advertisement to invest in cryptocurrency.

The woman invested a large sum of money after being told that her money would be doubled.

She also allowed the scammer access to her computer to assist with the investment.

When she later tried to withdraw her money, she was told she was first required to pay taxes and her money would then be released, however, she refused.

Police advised the female that this was a scam and to stop all communications with the scammer, as well as change all of the passwords on her computer.