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Editor's note: This Police Bulletin included the District Commander's update shown separately as indexed above.

 

Lewes police are investigating 7 burglaries that occurred between Thursday 22/6, evening and Sunday morning 25/6. Houses in Southover High Street, Pipe Passage, White Hart Hotel, Hawkenbury Way, Rufus Close and The Avenue were broken into. In several of them handbags were stolen.  In one of the burglaries car keys were taken and the car, a VW Passat, was stolen but later recovered.   Over the past weekend there were 3 other burglaries that occurred in Highdown Road, New Road and Toronto Terrace, and again hand bags were stolen.

¨ Police have increased patrols. PC Ellison “We urge people to make sure doors are locked and certainly windows on the ground floor are locked. It is common in the warmer summer months for people to leave windows open but the opportunist burglar may see this as the ideal entry point. We are currently following several lines of enquiry” Police are appealing for anyone with information concerning these incidents to call Sussex Police on 0845 6070999 and quote serial 629 of the 22/06/08 or alternatively call crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

 

Lewes police are investigating the theft or around 10 Drain/manhole covers which occurred between 2230 hours on Sunday evening and 0400 hours the following morning,  The drains were stolen from Cliffe Industrial Estate.

 

Exhaust and Catalytic Converter Thefts.

Between Tuesday the 3^rd of June and Monday the 9^th of June, residents of  Lewes have been targeted in a spate of exhaust and catalytic converter thefts.  To date there have been six reported incidents and the offences have been centred around the areas of Brooks Road, Grange Road, South Down Road, Garden Street, Mountfield Road and Western Road.  The offences occur overnight and the vehicles targeted are of all different makes and models.

Sussex Neighbourhood Watch Search Team (East Sussex).

35 volunteers have now completed the next stage of their training,
when practical exercises, supervised by Sussex Police, were carried out on the Downs near Lewes, during mid-June.
Of those trained personnel, 21 also took part in a large exercise in West Sussex over the weekend of 28^th & 29^th June.
Our first success occurred on the afternoon of the 28^th when, during the exercise, the Police received a call regarding a missing person in East Sussex. All of the East Sussex Team, together with members of North Downs, volunteered to assist the Police, carrying out a live search near Fletching. 

Within 2 hours of being deployed, the missing person was found.

Further training and the purchase of essential equipment are to continue.

 

PC Duncan Ellison

Neighbourhood Specialist Officer Lewes

0845 6070999 ext 63434

Duncan.ellison@sussex.pnn.police.uk

 

                     If you have any information on any crime in your area, you can contact

Your local PCSO on 0845 6070999 or

Lewes Neighbourhood Policing Team

Police Station West Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2NY Telephone 0845 6070999 Fax (01273) 404392

Website: htp://www.sussex.police.