Cops probe car thefts

Jan 27 2011 by Gary Fanning, Hamilton Advertiser

POLICE were this week appealing for witnesses after a spate of thefts from cars in Larkhall.

Thieves nicked a 02-plate Honda Civic from outside a home in Fyne Crescent, Merryton, on Saturday, January 15, between 8.30am and 3.30pm.

The owner locked the dark blue car and returned to find that it had been taken.

A child’s car seat and video camera were left in the vehicle when it was stolen.

Thieves broke into a Mercedes Sprinter Van and a Mitsubishi L200 parked in Morgan Street on Monday, January 17, at 6pm and the following day at 7.45pm.

They made off with a Makita green electric router worth a three-figure sum from one of the vehicles.

Opportunist thieves stole a Bush portable DVD, Tom Tom sat nav and rucksack after a Honda Accord car was left unlocked in the driveway of a home in Legion Place on Sunday, January 16, between 9.45pm and the following day at 10pm.

Anyone with information on the incidents should contact Larkhall Police Office 202300, or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.