Heather has warned rural residents about a spate of van break ins that have been occurring across the parts of the county and neighbouring parts of Powys.
Heather said “We’ve had two break ins in my village and one in neighbouring Montgomery this week and and identical break ins two weeks ago. From speaking to the police it seems that there is quite a serious spate of this going on across out area. Newtown alone has had 12 incidents over the last few days.
“The pattern is the same. Thieves target vans of tradesmen using a universal key fob which can access doors of these vans and steal tools etc. I understand that several thousand pounds worth of kit has been stolen in our area recently. Disturbingly they come back two weeks later and break in to the same vehicles again”.
“We obviously have a gang which is targeting parts of Shropshire at the moment. I strongly urge residents to follow police advice and take anything of value out of your vans at night and/or consider changing the locks. Living in relatively sparsely populated rural area is no guarantee to protect you from this kind of activity.”