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WHILE there maybe an increase in the number of burglaries reported around the county, some hungry thieves are now being sought by gardaí following a break-in at a house in Sixmilebridge during which the only items reported stolen were taken from the fridge.
Gardaí were called to investigate the crime in Cluain Droichead Sixmilebridge last Wednesday night and discovered the house in question had been broken into via a forced rear window.
“When we searched the house with the owner we discovered that the only items taken were from the fridge.
“There was nothing else taken, although the fridge was cleaned out,” a garda source told us.
The robbery occured between 6pm and 9pm on that Wednesday, March 19th, and the house was searched completely by the thief or thieves, who then only helped themselves to some food from the kitchen.
It is thought this is not the first ‘food crime’ in Clare over the past number of years as economic circumstances have driven some to stealing food in desperation.
“Strange as it sounds this is not the first time we have encountered this, the only thing taken in a burglary being food,” a garda told The Clare People.