The PSNI has appealed for information after a spate of burglaries in Co Tyrone in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Three separate thefts were reported in the Clonoe area on Thursday, with power tools worth more than £4,000 and a sum of cash stolen from local residents.
The thefts took place in the Moor Road and Annaghbann areas of Clonoe, with CCTV from the home of one of the victims showing a hooded figure entering a property in the early hours.
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The PSNI have said they are treating the three incidents as being linked and asked anyone with information to get in touch.
“Police are appealing for information following burglaries and thefts in County Tyrone,” a PSNI spokesperson said.
“A report was received that sometime between 8pm on Wednesday 12th April and 10am on Thursday 13th April, a quantity of builders tools worth an estimated £2000 had been stolen from a van parked outside a property in the Moor Park Road area of Coalisland. The items include a 12” Stihl concrete saw and blades and a Top-con laser level and receiver.
“A sum of money was also stolen from a second vehicle parked in the area.
“Another report was received of a burglary at a property in the Annaghbann area of Coalisland in the early hours of Thursday 13 April.
“At approximately 2.30am, the homeowner saw three men entering their shed and stealing power tools worth around £2,500.
“These incidents are being treated as linked and police are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed anyone suspicious in either area or anyone with CCTV or doorbell footage that could assist with enquiries, to contact police on 101 quoting reference 250 of 13/04/23.”
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