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Burglary

Burglars get shock in £7,000 boiler heist

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May 9, 2013
Sirocco Park's Dew Lane entrance

Bungling burglars who stole gas boilers from an Eastleigh building on Bank Holiday Monday may have received more than they bargained for when they cut through live electricity cables while stealing over £7,000 worth of new Combi gas boilers The Thieves struck at the new ‘Sirocco Park’ estate on Passfield Avenue  opposite Fleming Park...
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£20,000 worth of IT equipment stolen from college

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May 1, 2013
£20,000 worth of IT equipment stolen from college

Over £20,000 worth of computer equipment has been stolen from Barton Peveril College. Staff walking into the first-floor IT suite on Monday morning  were shocked to discover that no less than 21 Apple iMac (2012) all-in-one desktop computers, worth £1,100 each, were missing. The expensive high-end computers are standard in many media and IT industries...
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Police warn burglars to seek medical advice

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April 19, 2013
Police warn burglars to seek medical advice

Police at Eastleigh are warning people who broke into an Eastleigh decontamination chamber that they are at risk and should seek medical advice. Overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, April 16 to 17, someone forced the doors of a locked caravan at Prysmian House, Dew Lane, Eastleigh. Once inside, they damaged walls and an expensive...
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Police Hunt Drugs Theives

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April 19, 2013
Police Hunt Drugs Theives

Police at Eastleigh are warning the public to be wary, if they are offered prescription drugs. The warning comes after £500 worth of medication was reported stolen from a flat in Newtown Road, Eastleigh, on Tuesday, April 16. The occupier of the flat, a 44-year-old man, told police he left his premises for an...
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Door kicked in on Winchester Road

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February 25, 2013
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  Burglars who kicked in a door on Winchester road chandlers ford last Tuesday afternoon (February 19) left empty handed. This is the second burglary in the area within the last couple of days and Police say that people had been seen in the area door knocking shortly before the incident. Residents are asked...
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Have a Safer Christmas this year

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December 6, 2012
Have a Safer Christmas this year

          Christmas is a time to celebrate and have fun. But for some it can provide opportunity to take advantage of those who are vulnerable and susceptable to crime.   Eastleigh police want you to have a safer Christmas this year and under the banner of “Operation Cracker” they are...
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Police hunt biker burglar

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November 28, 2012
Police hunt biker burglar

Eastleigh CID are appealing for sightings of a black sporty motorbike which has been seen at or near houses that have been burgled in Ashurst, West End, North Baddesley and Ampfield. The appeal comes after a burglary at Winchester Road, Ampfield on Saturday, November 24. Between 2 and 2.30pm, entry was forced to a...
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Sledgehammer gang smash way into Ford Social Club

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November 25, 2012
Sledgehammer gang smash way into Ford Social Club

Police from Eastleigh and Hedge End raced to the scene of a break in at Ford Social club in the early hours of Friday morning and apprehended a suspect. At around 00.30hrs police on November 23 thieves in smashed their way through the roof of the social club using a sledge hammer setting of...
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OAP couple tied up and robbed at home

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November 23, 2012
OAP couple tied up and robbed at home

An elderly couple have been left traumatised after masked men burst into their home and tied them up before ransacking the house. Detectives in Eastleigh have launched an investigation into the burglary in Wellow Drove, Wellow. The couple who are aged in their 70s were watching television in their bedroom at around 9.30pm on...
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Thieves strike at Chandler’s Ford building site

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November 23, 2012
Thieves strike at Chandler’s Ford building site

Police in Eastleigh are investigating the theft of tools and equipment from a construction site compound in Chalvington Road Chandler’s Ford. Offenders gained entry to the site sometime between 3pm on Tuesday, November 20 and 7am on Wednesday, November 21. Once inside the compound entry was forced to a locked temporary building through a...
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Burglars make off with digital goods

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November 21, 2012
Burglars make off with digital goods

Eastleigh police are appealing for information after burglar’s made off with a haul of digital goods from a house at Nutburn Road, North Baddesley. Sometime between 2.20 and 6.15pm, on Saturday, November 17 the burglars smashed their way through a rear patio door, breaking the glass with a heavy pot plant.  They searched every room...
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Bishopstoke hit by two break-ins

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November 9, 2012
Bishopstoke hit by two break-ins

  Burglars have struck twice in Bishopstoke’s Hamilton Road police report. On Thursday, October 25, an 87-year-old woman woke to find her front door insecure and her laptop computer missing from the dining room. The computer is a bright red Dell Inspiron 1545.  No other items were missing. On Halloween night, between 5 –...
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French visitor beaten and robbed of pizza

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November 3, 2012
French visitor beaten and robbed of pizza

A Frenchman staying in Hedge End on a work exchange was attacked and robbed of a pizza.Between 10 and 11pm Friday, October 19, the 22-year-old man was crossing the car park at the rear of shops in St John’s Road, Hedge End, when he was approached by two men who demanded money.The first man...
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Motorcycle gang attempt Waitrose break-in

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November 3, 2012
Motorcycle gang attempt Waitrose break-in

Around one am yesterday morning, a team of burglars broke into the Waitrose supermarket Chandlers Ford, forcing apart the front doors and then attacking the secure cigarette kiosk.  The alarm was activated and the would-be thieves fled empty handed. They escaped on motorbikes in the direction of Fryern Recreation ground. Throughout the day scenes of...
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£10,000 worth of bikes stolen from garden shed

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October 23, 2012
£10,000 worth of bikes stolen from garden shed

A distinctive motor-cross motorcycle and more than £10,500 worth of goods have been stolen from a locked shed in a back garden at Edward Avenue, Eastleigh. Sometime between 11pm Saturday, October 20, and 7am Sunday, October 21, a thief or thieves broke off a padlock and forced a deadlocked door to gain entry to...
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