Bogus Callers
Local police are renewing their appeal for vigilence and greater caution from home owners when dealing with unexpected callers. They state that anyone who receives an unexpected call, and is asked to leave their home for any reason, should close and lock the door and should contact the police straight away.
If you have a peephole or door security chain, use it. Always ask for ID. These individuals will sometimes offer a brief glimpse of an identity card in the hope that this will suffice. Don't be fooled. Ask to see the card properly. If it's in a cardholder, ask that they remove it so that you can examine it closely. And always check that the photograph matches the person on the doorstep.
If you are concerned a caller may not be genuine, the non-emergency police number is 0845 600 8000 and in an emergency dial 999
The Quick Check Freephone number 0800 0132290 is also available for householders to verify a callers details.
Never take a chance by letting a stranger into your home.
Alerts
6 October 2011
ANOTHER HEATING OIL THEFT
There was another theft of central heating fuel (800 litres) yesterday from a house in Millfort Crescent, Mill Hill.
Did you see anyone acting suspiciously around this locality
?Would you be able to provide details of any van/tanker lorry that you might have seen in suspicious circumstances?
Please encourage everybody to be on alert at all times!!!
If you did see anything please report it immediately to the Lurgan PSNI at 0845 6008000. They are always pleased to receive such information at any time in the hope that it will lead to an arrest.
18 October 2011
A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a Premium rate number).
DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize .
If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £315 for the phone call.
If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 020 7239 6655.
For more information, see the Crime Stoppers web site:
http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org/crime-prevention/helping-prevent-crime/scams
/postal-delivery-scam
or Phone No 0800555111 or contact Lurgan PSNI at 0845 6008000.
We have been informed by the PSNI Neighbourhood Policing Team that there was burglary at a house in the Windsor Hill area during Friday night/early Saturday morning. The thieves entered the property by forcing the door handle and lock on the back door. They stole items from the house including a set of car keys. However no cars were stolen.
27 November 2011
We have been informed by the PSNI Neighbourhood Policing Team that there was a burglary at a house near the village end of the Dunkirk Road area during Sunday afternoon between 2.10 and 6.10 p.m. The thieves entered the property by forcing the back door. They stole jewellery, a small amount of cash and a video camera on which were family videos.
Did you see anything suspicious in the area during that time? If so please telephone our Neighbourhood Policing Team at
0845 6008000
as soon as possible to give them in the information which might lead to the arrest of the culprits.
Also please inform as many of your neighbours as possible so that they can be very vigilant at present regarding the security of their property and indeed that of their neighbours. If they note anything suspicious they should telephone 999 immediately and report the activity.
2 December 2011
TELEPHONE SCAM
A person has reported that they received a telephone call to advise the person that a rebate was due on the insurance policy she had. The person has reported on in question did not have a policy and set the phone down.
On checking the telephone number and then dialing out on the number they were asked to dial a new 0843 number and asked to hold. It has been confirmed by our Neighbourhood Policing Team that this a premium number and calls to such numbers might result in a considerable bill for the caller.
If you receive one of these calls telephone 0845 6008000 immediately and ask to be put through to our Neighbourhood Policing Team to whom you can report the incident, or phone Crimestoppers at 0800 555111 .
9 December 2011
We have been notified by the PSNI Neighbourhood team that there was a burglary at a house in Clanconnel Gardens sometime during Wednesday afternoon. Some items of jewellery etc were taken. The police are presently investigating.
22 December 2011
An elderly Waringstown resident has received a spam call recently. The caller told the person that his company had recovered £10m from debts and that they were distributing some of this money to various people. After some discussion he asked the resident for details of where his investments were held so that the company could pass on some of this money to him. His response was that this information was none of the caller's business. The resident set the phone down and quite rightly informed his helper who immediately reported the matter to the PSNI.
The PSNI Call Management Service Advisor said that there had been a number of these incidents recently and that some vulnerable people had unfortunately been caught out.
27/28 December
ACT OF WANTON VANDALISM AT HOLY TRINITY PARISH CHURCH
Sometime during the night of 27th/28th December an outside toilet at above Church sustained some damage by vandals. A further check revealed that the oil storage tank for the central heating had the output pipe damaged to such extent that approx. 120 litres of fuel had leaked, causing some pollution to the immediate area. It is evident that the pipe leading to the gate valve in the tank was kicked, thereby partially dislodging it. If it had not been noticed at around 11.00am on 28th there is a possibility that between 500-600 litres of oil would have drained into the area in question causing considerable pollution to the grave plots and river which runs adjacent to the graveyard.
The damage was promptly reported to the Police who responded forthwith. They recorded all relevant details and will make a press release which hopefully will lead to some clues as to the identities of miscreants. The Police Officers in attendance will inform our Neighbourhood Policing team.
If you noticed any suspicious activity in the area during the night of 27th/28th please telephone the PSNI at
0845 6008000
and report what you saw. Alternatively you may telephone Consts Michael Allen or Leanne Dalton at
028 38 315355.
5 January 2012
Our Neighbourhood Policing Team has asked everyone in the Waringstown Area to continue to be on the lookout for a white Renault/Citreon type van, OLZ 9145 which was seen in possible suspicious circumstances in the Waringstown area last month.
If you happen to see this vehicle anywhere around the village or the surrounding district you are requested to ring 999 immediately and report the sighting.
2 February 2012
Our Neighbourhood Watch Team has told us that there has been a burglary spree within the last couple of weeks in the Moss Road area, Dromore and Lurgan areas.
The thieves are not generally carrying equipment. Rather they are using gardening implements that they might find sitting around houses.
The NPT urges people to ensure that there property is kept secure at all times.
If you noticed any suspicious activity in the area please telephone dial
999
or contact the PSNI at
0845 6008000
and report what you saw. Alternatively you may telephone Const Michael Allen at
028 38 315355.