Photo: Darren Vanraes

UPDATE: 5 p.m.

Const. Lesley Smith of the Kelowna RCMP says the owner of the mysterious safe found in Mill Creek Tuesday morning has come forward after reading Castanet's original article.

Police have not yet disclosed who the safe belongs to. The contents of the safe are still unknown.

UPDATE: 4 p.m.

The Kelowna RCMP say they're reviewing all business and residential break-ins over the past month in an effort to find the owner of a safe that was found in Mill Creek Tuesday morning.

Const. Lesley Smith says they have just begun their investigation, and they have yet to crack it open to view its contents.

ORIGINAL: 2:20 p.m.

A safe was recovered from Kelowna's Mill Creek Tuesday, but where it came from remains unclear.

Darren Vanraes was removing sandbags for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations off Brookside Road when his crew discovered the safe, partially submerged in the water.

Vanraes' five-person team waded into the creek and dragged the safe to the shore. They noticed someone had unsuccessfully tried to break into it.

A woman in the neighbourhood said she had seen people throw it into the creek several days prior and she had called police, but they did not respond.

“It's a big safe, it's come out of a business,” Vanraes said, who believes it must have been stolen.

Despite an obvious attempt to break into the safe, Vanraes says the contents of the safe remain inside.

“It's still full of stuff, it was still rattling around inside,” he said.

Vanraes brought the safe to Kelowna RCMP, who have yet to comment on the discovery.