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Brazen thieves target golf club
08.09.11
GARDAI have warned
Inishowen drivers not to leave valuables in their
cars following a spate of smash and grab incidents
in the peninsula.
Brazen thieves broke into several cars at
Greencastle Golf Club while golfers celebrated an
end of season party. The incident happened sometime
between 12 midnight and 12.30am on Saturday. One
staff member got a shock to discover his Toyota car
jacked up and its four silver alloy wheels missing.
The value of the missing wheels was €600, while a
rear window was also smashed. |
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The car belonging to a bar man at
Greencastle Golf Club which was stripped of its
expensive alloy wheels by brazen thieves last
weekend. |
Elsewhere in the car
park, two other vehicles were targeted. The driver's
window in one was smashed but nothing was taken. A
hold-call containing golf items valued at €250 was
taken from another.
Twenty-four hours earlier, two cars were targeted in
the Muff area. A saloon car was broken into in the
early hours of Friday at Ard Ban and £110 in cash
was stolen. The thieves smashed one of the car's
windows to gain entry, causing further damage of
€120. On the same night, a second car was broken
into at Ardmore Manor sometime between 2.45am and
3.05am. Nothing was taken. A Garda spokesperson said
it was possible the Muff and Greencastle crimes were
linked. "We would ask people not to leave valuables
in the cars," said the spokesperson.
The latest attacks follow a number of similar
incidents where tourists' cars were broken into at
Grianan of Aileach ringfort. Anyone with information
is asked to contact Gardai on 93 20540. |
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