Police briefs

Press, 27 July 1989, Page 6

Police briefs

House ransacked Property valued at nearly $4OOO was stolen in a burglary of an England Street, Linwood, house on Tuesday after the offender found the back door key in a stolen car. The house occupant’s car was stolen between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. from Linwood City Mall carpark, the police said. The offender found a back door key and something which gave the owner’s address. The owner of the car arrived at his home between 4.30 p.m. and 5 p.m. to find it ransacked. The burglar stole a $lOOO five-piece silver tea set, a clock, three brass ornaments, a small box containing jewellery, a bedside radio, and $lOO in cash. Forged prescription An attempt was made to use a forged prescription at Drummonds Pharmacy in Colombo Street about 2.15 p.m. on Tuesday. Detective Senior-Sergeant Colin Dalzell said the prescription form was one of several stolen in a recent burglary of a Kaiapoi doctor’s surgery. Two men appeared in court yesterday charged with false pretence over the attempt to use the prescription. Pyridine stolen About iy 2 litres of pyridine was stolen in a burglary at Lincoln College on Tuesday night. The liquid is one of the chemicals used during the manufacture of homebake morphine. Constable Rex Hallinan, Of Lincoln, said the offenders smashed through double doors in the Hilgendorf Wing to get in a laboratory. They then entered a storeroom and removed the pyridine, believed to have been in three containers. 13 TV sets stolen Thirteen colour television sets were stolen while in transit between Auckland and Christchurch, the police said. The theft was reported by Daily Freightways. Senior-Sergeant Mike Moore said the television sets were in a container shipped south. Jerseys stolen Football jerseys were among clothing valued at more than $3OOO stolen in a burglary of Lane Walker Rudkin’s premises at the corner of Montreal Street and Brougham Street early on Monday. Absconder in hospital An absconder from Social Welfare custody ended up in Christchurch Hospital with injuries to an arm after an altercation with a police dog last evening, the Christchurch police said. The youth and another, both aged 16 or 17, had allegedly broken into a house in Gloucester Street, near Linwood Avenue, about 8 p.m. Police called to the premises found one youth armed with a knife. A dog was used to subdue him. He was taken to hospital for treatment and was expected to stay overnight. The other was taken into police custody. Charges would be laid, said a police spokesman. Witnesses sought The Ministry of Transport is appealing for witnesses to an accident in which a pedestrian was seriously injured yesterday afternoon. The man, aged 62, was struck by a car as he was crossing Ferry Road, near Richardson Terrace, about 4.30 p.m. Sergeant Wayne Templeton said he had spoken to some witnesses to the accident, but asked that any others come forward. The man suffered serious head, leg, and arm injuries and was in Christchurch Hospital’s intensive care unit last evening. His name was not available.