Gardai in Portlaoise are investigating after almost €10,000 worth of industrial tools were stolen this week in Portlaoise – and recovered later in a different part of town.
The Garda Detective unit in Portlaoise are carrying out investigations and envisage making an arrest after a commercial premises in the Ballymacken area, on the Stradbally Road out Portlaoise, was burgled on Tuesday of this week.
€9,500 of industrial tools including drills, saws, spanners and rachets were stolen during the break-in.
The items were subsequently recovered in the Lismard area of town on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a local sergeant has taken to the airwaves to urge peope to report crimes, not just share the story on Facebook.
Laois/Offaly crime prevention officer Graham Kavanagh was speaking to Will Faulkner on Midlands 103, where he stressed the importance of ringing in suspicious activity.
“We cannot encourage people enough – if you see people, or a vehicle passing through your area that you don’t like the look of, you ring it in.”
Forget Facebook and ring
“I see people sharing stuff on Facebook and they’re telling each other about it, that’s great, but you have to tell the guards about it too.”
“We’re not sitting there on Facebook 24/7 to see what you’re posting. We need to know so that we get a chance to go out and stop them. It might deter them from doing something, or they might be wanted for something else. It gives us a chance to catch them.
Sergeant Kavanagh stressed that the best way is to stop crimes is to simply pick the phone and ring the guards.
Will then said that it can be frustrating if you do ring the guards and can’t get through. “I know that and I heard that for a long time when visiting groups,” replied sergeant Kavanagh. “Just be persistent and you will get through,” he said.
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