The police are appealing for information after a spate of break-ins at childcare centres and houses in Port Macquarie and Wauchope overnight on Saturday, July 21.
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Detectives believe they may be linked, and are asking anyone with relevant CCTV footage to contact them.
They are also investigating the theft of a gold 1997 model Nissan Patrol, with a Queensland number plate, 424 TIL. It had a toolbox on the back, and was taken from outside a house at Timbertown estate in Wauchope.
“We are investigating possible links between these break-and-enters on Saturday night and Sunday morning, and the theft of the Nissan Patrol,” said a police spokesman.
“Office equipment was stolen from some of the childcare centres. We are appealing for witnesses, and also for people with relevant CCTV footage, to ring Port Macquarie police station on 65830199, or use the confidential Crimestoppers number.”
Letitia Fitzpatrick
Worked as a journalist and assistant producer for BBC news and current affairs in the UK, Ulster Television, Q Radio and the Irish News in Northern Ireland. Moved to Australia and joined Fairfax Media in 2016. Won a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award in 2018 for reporting the Pappinbarra bushfires and the subsequent Rotary appeal which raised $30,000.
Worked as a journalist and assistant producer for BBC news and current affairs in the UK, Ulster Television, Q Radio and the Irish News in Northern Ireland. Moved to Australia and joined Fairfax Media in 2016. Won a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award in 2018 for reporting the Pappinbarra bushfires and the subsequent Rotary appeal which raised $30,000.
