Thieves Target Properties Across The Meon Valley

There has been a spate of burglaries and thefts across the Meon Valley over the past four days.

Meonstoke was targeted by thieves over two nights with break-in reported in the early hours of Saturday and Sunday morning.

The incidents included:

• Between 11pm on May 21^st and 1am on May 22^nd – a shed and garage broken into at an address on Pound Lane. Two bikes, two chainsaws and a strimmer stolen.
• May 22^nd – early hours of the morning. Shed broken into at an address on Pound Lane. Hedge cutters stolen.
• May 22^nd – early hours of the morning – Shed broken into at an address on Pound Lane. Bosch saw stolen, which was later recovered nearby.
• Between 10.30pm on May 22 and 7.15am on May 23 – garage of an address on Chapel Road broken into. Nothing was taken.

Thieves also targeted at least one property in Hambledon in the early hours of Sunday 23^rd and yesterday afternoon a handbag was stolen from a house in Hambledon.

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