My turn

[delabodge]

bad news mate,,had em sniffing round mine yesterday, makes me feel very uneasy,,,i changed the card in my bushnell, camera, and double checked everything,,,,,

[s.varty]

Sounds like kids to me

 

classic setup. send in the kids , if caught snooping about, "looking for our dog mister":thumbdown:

[agg221]

Thought I'd update this as I know there are a few people on here in the relevant area.

 

Apparently the current operation has been running for a few weeks - gone through Ashen, Halstead etc, along the Essex/Suffolk border. We're the furthest out so far, but Clare, Yeldham etc are obvious next directions.

 

It's a white transit-sized van, working during the day. They're only going for sheds, not houses, and only when the shed is totally out of line of sight from any neighbouring houses - they're not doing garages that front onto the road.

 

One of them wears size 6 Reeboks.

 

Targets are petrol-driven garden equipment - mowers, rotavators, hedge trimmers, chainsaws.

 

Apparently there are two classic patterns of operation. One is to come back within the week, the other is to come back after about 3 months (when insurance has paid out and new kit bought). No sign yet of them coming straight back to any of the people hit, although of course they may just not have found anything, but it does suggest the latter pattern.

 

Alec