Burglars Found Tools On Job
Any business firm in the southern part of the South Island that owns a gas cutting torch should take care that it is locked up or parts removed to make it useless, according to the crime prevention officer in the Christchurch police district (Detective-Sergeant D. C. Lee). Since January 28 of this year. 11 safes in business premises from Dunedin to Rangiora have been opened by burglars who have stolen more than £l4OO. In all cases the burglars have used cutting torches owned by the firms they have robbed.
The series of safe-breakings began with the stealing of £556 from Andersons. LtdChristchurch, on January 28-29. The latest burglary reported this month in which a safe was cut open was at the premises of Ouill MorrisCowles, Ltd., in Christchurch. The pattern of the safebreakings, in Oamaru as well as Dunedin and Christchurch and district, is such that the police deduce that a gang of burglars is at work. In the latest safe burglary, the cutting torch on the premises was taken by the burglars.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30769, 5 June 1965, Page 16
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