04.12.05

Vehicle belonging to Dream Hills resident damaged at 01.30am outside The Wicklow Abbey at La Florida.  Large stone thrown through passenger side front window, smashing glass and damaging hand brake.  Stone was thrown at a passing car, missed, and hit stationary vehicle.  Police attended within minutes, offenders were identified and details passed on to Police.

10.12.05

House robbery between hours of 20.30 – 23.00hrs.  Thieves entered house on Dream Hills by forcing grille-shutter and reinforced kitchen door.  Took credit cards, video camera, cash and jewellery.  Neighbours heard nothing, although a BMW was seen outside the house earlier in the evening, with occupant sitting inside. *See below

16.12.05

House robbery between hours of 21.00 – 21.15hrs.  Method of entry as previous report.  Extensive damage caused, took passports, large quantity of cash, car documents, jewellery, make up and all baby items.  Suspect residents were followed from Murcia airport earlier in the evening.  Dark blue or black car seen in the area outside of property during the evening.  Male in care described as being in early 20s, dark clothes, dark baseball cap.

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Attempted break-in on Dream Hills.  Written report awaited from residents.

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Safe containing passports found on slip road near to motorway exit at Los Balcones.  Awaiting full details, but owners believed to have been located and passports returned.

1.

Bank Card theft at bank cash point.  Man using adjacent machine tapped the victim on the shoulder and pointed to a 10€ note on the floor which the victim assumed he had dropped.  He bent to pick it up and the thief reached over, stole the card and ran off.  A large sum of money was withdrawn from the victim’s account within a few minutes from another machine nearby.  Be very aware that your PIN number can be accessed/stolen in many ways.  If a machine appears to have been tampered with or if you feel someone is getting too close for comfort, BEWARE.  Thieves now have hand-held scanners and your card can be taken, scanned and handed back to you in seconds.

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A number of house break-ins have occurred in the Los Dolses and Verdemar areas of Villa Martin during December, and a red car with a Mercian registration number has been seen in the areas prior to the crimes.

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12.12.05 – Bag snatch at Lidl car park, Playa Flamenca.  Smartly dressed Spanish man, mid 30s, dark hair, wearing blue jumper, approached lady and asked her a question, then snatched her bag and escaped in a wine/dark red coloured car.  Registration number available from your Co-ordinator.

4.

Bag snatch at Lidl car park, San Pedro del Pinatar.  On leaving the car park, victims found they had a puncture (on inspection the tyre had been slashed with a knife).  Whilst inspecting the tyre a youth approached and stole the bag from inside the car.  No details of the youth, but this type of distraction theft is common.

5.

Red Ford Fiesta seen driving suspiciously around San José urbanisation (Cabo Roig); two occupants.  Registration number available from your Co-ordinator.

6.

Brand new grey metallic Seat Ibiza – registration number 4096 DTC – stolen from outside the house in Bravomar 3 Los Frutales & Larosaleda.  If seen, please contact your NHW co-ordinator.

7.

Two youths riding blue and white motor scooter with BBB in registration number, have been snatching handbags in the Los Dolses area of Villa Martin.

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Gangs at Alicante and Murcia airports purporting to be representatives of car hire firms, offering to assist new arrivals or following people to their cars and waiting for an opportunity to steal.  Also, people are being followed from the airports, waiting until they go out and stealing from their homes.

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Torrevieja, Pilar de la Horadada and Orihuela Costa areas; well spoken Dutch, Swedish or German man, very well dressed, approaching people saying he has been burgled and requires a further 27€ to go with the 450€ to get his locks changed, etc..

Don’t be taken in – it’s a scam and he appears to live very well off other people’s hard earned cash!

10. 

Request from Jesus Bautista, Oficial Policia Local, for information on the whereabouts of Mandy Edge.  Please contact NHW with any information.

11.

Request from British Consulate (Russell Thompson) for information on the whereabouts of Eleanor and George Baker.  (Now located).

12.

Telephone scams – both landline and mobiles (also reported in Coastal Press).  Person calls, saying he/she is a technician/engineer and asking you to press #90 or #09 (or indeed any number).  Mobile users – your screen will display (XALAN).  End this call immediately, whether landline or mobile.  If you press the numbers, you will notice nothing amiss until your next bill arrives.  By dialling the requested numbers, calls from the ‘technician’s’ phone will be charged to your bill.  Never dial any number at the request of a stranger who calls you – it could prove an expensive mistake.