Posts Tagged ‘police’

Hire boats burgled at Avoncliff

Saturday, March 30th, 2013

Two Oxfordshire Narrowboats hire boats were broken into at Avoncliff in the early evening after dark yesterday and valuables including laptops were stolen. The spate of boat burglaries has continued but boaters have reported more information to the police about suspicious activity along the canal.

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Bikes found in Kintbury

Saturday, March 16th, 2013

We received a message from the police in Hungerford that some bikes were found in Kintbury. They may have been stolen from boats. Here’s the message and details of who to contact if you think they are yours:

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Boat burglaries: police patrol the towpath

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Following the spate of thefts from boats in the past two weeks, police are patrolling the towpath after dark. They are calling on occupied boats to warn boaters, and also stopping and searching people on the towpath.

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Boat break-ins, heading west

Monday, March 11th, 2013

There has been a spate of boats being  broken into from Kintbury heading west, including Bedwyn, Brimslade,  Wootton Rivers and on Friday evening (8th March) Bishops Cannings.

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Thefts at Bathampton and Devizes

Wednesday, November 7th, 2012

Several boats had their diesel siphoned in the Bathampton area late last week according to a boater who is moored there. At Devizes yesterday, a couple of boaters had their solar panel stolen.

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