There has been a spate of burglaries in the Ballymena area over the weekend.
Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses.
At around 7:50am on Friday (October 19) it was reported that entry had been gained to a white Volkswagen Caddy parked in the Carnduff Drive area and that keys had been taken. It’s believed this occurred sometime between 6:45pm on Thursday, and the time it was reported to police.
The same day, at 8:45am, police received a report of a burglary in Corlea Gardens. The windows of a blue Peugeot 107 parked outside a property had been smashed and a purse had been stolen. It’s believed this occurred sometime between 10pm the night before and 8:30am on Friday.
And later on Friday morning, at around 10:20am, police received a report that sometime between 10pm the previous evening, Thursday (October 18), and 8:30am on Friday that entry had been gained to a garage at a property on Granville Street and a sum of money, sunglasses and beauty products had been taken from a vehicle parked inside.
Also on Friday at around 12:25pm police received a report of a theft of a bicycle from a property in the Glenravel Park area. It occurred sometime between 7pm the previous evening, (Friday October, 19) and 8am on Saturday.
The bicycle – a hybrid ‘Boardman’ has a white frame. Blue lettering spelling Boardman on the centre of the frame – has since been recovered.
On Saturday, October 20, at 4:45am, police received a report that the contents of a bag, including prescription medication, had been discarded outside an address in Carnduff Drive and that two men on bicycles were seen in the area acting suspiciously.
One of the men is small and was wearing a blue jacket, baggy jogging bottoms and a blue backpack. He was riding a white bicycle. The other man was wearing a green coat and was on a white mountain bike.
Detective Sergeant Emma Wallace is appealing to anyone who was in any of these areas of Ballymena between Thursday evening and Saturday morning to get in touch.
“Did you see any suspicious activity? Did you see two men on bicycles matching the description of those seen in the Carnduff Drive area during the early hours of Friday? Have you been offered a pair of sunglasses or beauty products for sale in suspicious circumstances?
“If you have information you believe may assist our investigation, call detectives in Ballymena on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference number 222 of 19/10/18,” she added.
Alternatively, information can also be provided to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 which is 100% anonymous and gives people the power to speak up and stop crime.