Think you’re being clever hiding valuables in the VCR? Thieves ‘know where to look’
As thefts over Christmas are expected to increase by 10%, reformed burglars confess the top 10 places they search for your valuables.
The cheek! Thieves swipe drugs off COPS as £20K-worth of police property nabbed
FOI results highlighting attempted thefts from GMP in 2013 and 2014
Pitiless thief swipes contents of blind Pendlebury pensioner’s wallet as he offers up £5 for bogus charity
A callous thief exploited a blind Pendlebury pensioner by snatching more than £100 from his wallet when the vulnerable man offered up £5 because he thought he was collecting for charity this week.
Fake ‘cannabis dealers’ use drugs to target students’ bank cards, police warn
Greater Manchester Police have responded to reports in the past few months from students having their cards stolen whilst intoxicated in the city centre and Fallowfield.
Old Trafford pensioner wakes to find robber standing over bed threatening to stab him
A 71-year-old man was left with broken fingers after an intruder forced his way into his home and stripped jewellery from his hands as he lay in bed.
Salford beekeepers stung by callous theft and trashing of expensive lab equipment
Callous thieves break into Kersal Vale Beekeepers’ laboratory, stealing a costly power generator and causing thousands of pounds of damage
Three teens arrested over string of violent robberies targeting Manchester Asian families for jewellery
Gold jewellery was targeted in numerous break-ins of predominately Asian families across the north Manchester and Salford areas since April.
Feeling chilly, gents? Hunt on for male trio suspected of Altrincham M&S theft of women’s scarves
The hunt is on for three men suspected of stealing £800 worth of ladies clothes from the Altrincham branch of Marks and Spencers in broad daylight.
‘Sickening’ burglary of Manchester carer as she popped round corner to look after elderly mum
The burglary happened at her Heywood home in Millbank Court sometime between 6am and 12.45pm on June 25.
Green with envy: Jealousy blamed for Dunham Massey ‘bloom-dunnit’ as 80 plants stolen in 48 hours
Police are investigating a ‘who-dunnit’ Manchester mystery in one of Britain’s safest villages after more than 80 PLANTS were looted from flower beds in a raid feared to have been motivated by jealousy.
Wigan office manager, 27, swipes £100,000 to fund boob job, sports car and ‘TOWIE lifestyle’
Woman, 27, stole money from work to fund ‘TOWIE lifestyle’