Car owners warned over thefts
POLICE are warning car owners to be vigilant after a spate of smash-and-grab thefts.
At least five parked cars have been targeted by thieves in Bolton since Sunday.
A steering wheel was taken from a Vauxhall Astra parked in Carslake Avenue, Heaton, at 8pm on Sunday. A Citroen C5 was broken into later that night, between 9.15pm and 11.15pm, in Silverwell Street in the town centre and a hands-free mobile phone set was stolen.
Number plates were stolen from a BMW 316 parked in St Helens Road, Bolton, in the early hours of Monday.
And a pair of binoculars and a phone charger were stolen when thieves broke into a Citroen Berlingo in Runnymede Court, Deane, between 1.30am and 9am on Monday.
A Vauxhall Astra was targeted later that day, between 2pm and 2.30pm, in Mars Avenue, Morris Green, when a first aid kit was taken.
Sgt Paul Slater, from Bolton police, said: "We urge car owners to be careful and not leave valuables on display."
Anyone with information should call police on 0161 872 5050 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
9:17am Thursday 10th April 2008
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CommentPosted by: OldBoltonian on 10:21am Thu 10 Apr 08
At last - the Police are asking us to become vigilantes! Err......
At last - the Police are asking us to become vigilantes! Err......
Posted by: gazz_ball - Supera Moras!, bolton on 10:26am Thu 10 Apr 08
So if we see these smash and grabbers can we grab and smash em?
So if we see these smash and grabbers can we grab and smash em?
Posted by: badboi, Bolton on 10:38am Thu 10 Apr 08
[bold]Badboi tell Police to do their Job Properly[/bold]
Badboi is warning police to stop being a bunch of fat, lazy, goo-for-nothing bafoons and do their job properly. Instead of telling people not to leave valuables on display, they should put as much effort in to car crime, then they do to prosecuting motorists going 35mph in a 30mph zone. Badboi appreciates that speeding motorists are an easy target, there is money to be made and they can claim that one more "crime" is solved and make the figures look good. This keeps things in line with Labour's policy of fooling the English people. You may be able to fool most people but i see right through you! Labour out! Gordon Clown out!
Badboi tell Police to do their Job Properly
Badboi is warning police to stop being a bunch of fat, lazy, goo-for-nothing bafoons and do their job properly. Instead of telling people not to leave valuables on display, they should put as much effort in to car crime, then they do to prosecuting motorists going 35mph in a 30mph zone. Badboi appreciates that speeding motorists are an easy target, there is money to be made and they can claim that one more "crime" is solved and make the figures look good. This keeps things in line with Labour's policy of fooling the English people. You may be able to fool most people but i see right through you! Labour out! Gordon Clown out!
Posted by: BoltonDave, Tonge Moor on 10:58am Thu 10 Apr 08
I'd better go and buy a car that I can dismantle when I get home at night then. If the scum are nicking steering wheels and number plates, who knows where they will draw the line on what they nick in order to fund their scumbag lifestyle.
I'd better go and buy a car that I can dismantle when I get home at night then. If the scum are nicking steering wheels and number plates, who knows where they will draw the line on what they nick in order to fund their scumbag lifestyle.
Posted by: Lord Lucan, Somewhere on 12:02pm Thu 10 Apr 08
[quote][bold]OldBoltonian[/bold] wrote:
At last - the Police are asking us to become vigilantes! Err......[/quote] The last thing Plod wants is vigilantes, but mainly because vigilantes are an enormously effective crime deterrent.
OldBoltonian wrote:
At last - the Police are asking us to become vigilantes! Err......
The last thing Plod wants is vigilantes, but mainly because vigilantes are an enormously effective crime deterrent.
Posted by: Ian, Horwich on 12:10pm Thu 10 Apr 08
[quote]Number plates were stolen from a BMW 316[/quote]
Expect this to rise once the Manchester Congestion Tax starts.
Number plates were stolen from a BMW 316
Expect this to rise once the Manchester Congestion Tax starts.
Posted by: FREDFRED, NORTH WEST on 12:28pm Thu 10 Apr 08
[quote][bold]gazz_ball - Supera Moras![/bold] wrote:
So if we see these smash and grabbers can we grab and smash em?[/quote] YES BUT WILL YOU
gazz_ball - Supera Moras! wrote:
So if we see these smash and grabbers can we grab and smash em?
YES BUT WILL YOU
Posted by: Andrew, Bury on 3:44pm Thu 10 Apr 08
[quote][bold]Lord Lucan[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]OldBoltonian[/bold] wrote: At last - the Police are asking us to become vigilantes! Err......[/quote] The last thing Plod wants is vigilantes, but mainly because vigilantes are an enormously effective crime deterrent. [/quote] Are they really? Or thuggish adminstrators of arbitrary, summary justice?
Not the solution.
Lord Lucan wrote:
OldBoltonian wrote: At last - the Police are asking us to become vigilantes! Err......
The last thing Plod wants is vigilantes, but mainly because vigilantes are an enormously effective crime deterrent.
Are they really? Or thuggish adminstrators of arbitrary, summary justice?
Not the solution.
Posted by: gazz_ball - Supera Moras!, bolton on 6:11pm Thu 10 Apr 08
[quote][bold]FREDFRED[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]gazz_ball - Supera Moras![/bold] wrote: So if we see these smash and grabbers can we grab and smash em?[/quote] YES BUT WILL YOU[/quote] **** right
FREDFRED wrote:
gazz_ball - Supera Moras! wrote: So if we see these smash and grabbers can we grab and smash em?
YES BUT WILL YOU
**** right
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