A number of thefts took place over last weekend in the north Westmeath area.
In the early hours of Friday morning December 19 a burglary took place at a private residence on Main Street, Kinnegad and a quantity of cash was taken.
Between Friday and Saturday, items were taken from a vehicle at Lynne Industrial Estate, Mullingar. The passenger window of the blue Astra Estate was broken, and documents and a worker’s bag stolen, between the hours of 10.30pm and 10.40am.
Finally, between the hours of 8.30pm on Saturday evening and 8.30am on Sunday, a substantial amount of property was stolen from a business premises on Main Street, Clonmellon.
Entry was forced at the rear of the premises, and a safe, cigarettes, and a quantity of cash were stolen. The safe was loaded into a trailer in the rear yard of the shop and the trailer then taken.
Anyone who witnessed anything in these areas or who has any information in relation to the burglaries is asked to contact Mullingar Garda Station at (044 ) 9384000.
