The stolen U-Haul truck containing a couple’s lifetime possessions has been found in Vancouver.

According to police, the truck – which was stolen from the Travelodge parking lot in north Richmond in the early hours of Saturday – was recovered Monday morning in Willow Street, close to Oak Street and 41st Avenue.

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And, police added that some of the contents of the truck appear to be intact, although it’s not clear as yet what has been recovered.

The truck and its remaining contents are currently under forensic examination.

The Richmond News reported yesterday how Debbie and Terry Russell’s 20-foot truck and trailer, with their car, was stolen while containing their life possessions.

It was thought to have been taken around 3 a.m. from the Travelodge parking lot on St. Edward’s Drive – close to Bridgeport and No. 4 roads.

Around $40,000 worth of possessions – including old family pictures, years of photographic work, furniture, important papers, clothes – were in the truck.

Also being stored in the stolen truck were Terry’s drum sets, from his time as a drummer in Vancouver punk band Slow, which was active in the ‘80s and had a reunion tour in late 2017.

The couple moved to LA for a year to start a new band, before heading back to Canada recently. They had planned to put their possessions into storage on Saturday.

The Toyota RAV4 on a trailer attached to the truck was later recovered by police close to the hotel.

“After living in California for a year and being broke and wanting to rebuild our lives, we came back to Canada with all our life's possessions in a rental U-Haul,” Debbie wrote on her Facebook page.

A GoFundMe campaign kicked off by a friend of the couple had raised $11,510 of its $25,000 target by 11 a.m. Tuesday.