Audacious Thief About!

Sandra wrote:Unfortunately another theft from our community!

A man dozed off on his own porch. To get to the porch you have to open the garden gate and go up 8 or so steps. A thief (who no-one saw) walked in the open door and stole wallet; passports; phone etc. It must have been terrible when the man woke up and realised what had happened - but the aggravation of having to cancel the cards and sort out a new passport can be equally daunting. I'm afraid that these days you have to treat your house like Fort Knox!

Even when I am outside on the porch the back door is locked, and any valuables are in a safe - the same goes for when I go in the pool - doors locked, shutters down etc In view of recent thefts in the Dona Pepa area my community has set up a security system (only known within the community) to try and keep visitors and residents safe.

Sandra wrote:I really advocate safes for houses! We bought our ones for less than €50 each - and they have saved us a lot of worry! Being bolted to the floor and walls they would take a lot of shifting - and make too much noise if someone attempted to do so!!

Sandra wrote:Hi Dave

I am very interested in this - but it is a case of bad timing - I am not arriving back in Spain until after your meeting!!

Keep up the good work - and I will have a look at your website!


PS I know that it was just a typo - meeting date should read Monday, 2nd September!

Sandra wrote:I've just been told about another theft! It happened to one of my neighbours a short time ago. This was somewhat different. The man is Belgian, and wears a lot of jewellery. It is difficult to ascertain how, but got into conversation with someone and in the course of this conversation he took off the gold chain to show this comparative stranger. The stranger took it and looked at it - and then put it back around the Belgian's neck. However, a short time later the Belgian found out that the his actual chain had been "palmed" - and what he now had was a cheap substitute!!