When police arrested a man and a woman in an RV in Warman, Sask., just north of Saskatoon, they found not only some of the jewelry the pair had allegedly stolen in heists that spanned two provinces, but also the gold smelter they likely used to melt some of it down.

News releases from the Regina Police Service and Lethbridge Police Service describe a string of alleged crimes.

The robberies began in Regina when a store was targeted on Aug. 8. The perpetrators smashed glass display cases and stole items valued at more than $200,000.

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Then on Aug. 23 in Lethbridge, Alta., a man was recorded on video surveillance breaking into Park Place Mall and going to Paris Jewellers. Police allege he smashed the window, took about $47,100 worth

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