Jewellery thieves target Asian families celebrating Ramadan (From Asian Image)
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Jewellery thieves target Asian families celebrating Ramadan
10:51am Friday 10th August 2012 in News By Ben James
An organised gang stole £100,000 worth of jewellery after targeting Asian families celebrating Ramadan and Eid.
The thieves are said to have waited until residents had gone to the mosque before breaking in.
Sussex Police believe one gang raided 12 homes in areas of Crawley including Broadfield, Tilgate, Langley Green and Pound Hill, in July and August.
Between £1,000 and £30,000 of jewellery was taken from each property.
Sgt Jim Collen said that it was thought that the gang identified potential targets by visiting homes and pretending to offer cavity wall insulation.
He said: "They are certainly conducting some kind of hostile reconnaissance and they are certainly taking advantage of their knowledge of the local community, targeting households when they know they are going to be vacant, and when they know there is going to be a window of opportunity."
Comments(6)
Helena Handcart
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2:11pm Fri 10 Aug 12
censored wrote:What a brilliant piece of reporting!
They haven't targetted anyone celebrating Eid, because it doesn't happen for another 9 days.
getThisCoalitionOut
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5:56pm Fri 10 Aug 12
mimseycal
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9:06pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Ramadan itself is observed but not celebrated in the sense that most non-Muslims understand the term.
Having said that, burglary is despicable and this seems like it was a planned 'raid' which in some ways is even worse then an opportunist theft.
Helena Handcart
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5:43pm Sat 11 Aug 12
getThisCoalitionOut wrote:It is long overdue, however the paper is actually deteriorating. I am afraid that this type of reporting, excremental though it is, will be looked back on as the Halcyon Days.
The Argus does seem to be the number one paper for making horrendous mistakes when reporting - isn't it time they started to get things right - just for a change?
Helena Handcart
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5:43pm Sat 11 Aug 12
getThisCoalitionOut wrote:It is long overdue, however the paper is actually deteriorating. I am afraid that this type of reporting, excremental though it is, will be looked back on as the Halcyon Days.
The Argus does seem to be the number one paper for making horrendous mistakes when reporting - isn't it time they started to get things right - just for a change?
censored says...
11:52am Fri 10 Aug 12