An unsuspecting driver and their passenger left their vehicle unattended and unlocked to ‘pop’ quickly into the shops at the corner of Samford and Settlement Road, Keperra for less than 5 minutes on Tuesday, May 2.
During this time the vehicle was targeted by thieves who stole items including a laptop computer, bag, passport, banking dongles, identification documents, hard drives and USBs, a mobile phone SIM card, glasses and an amount of money in coin.
This visit to the shops has no doubt proven to be very inconvenient and costly for the owner of the property who will now have to cancel and replace cards and passports, and the other items stolen.
Police are reminding vehicle owners to lock their vehicle whilst popping into the shops otherwise a simple trip to the shops could potentially see your vehicle targeted.
Remember –
A locked vehicle is less tempting for an opportunistic thief; and
Reduce the reward for offenders