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Business break-ins hit Boissevain, Rivers

By: Staff Writer

Wednesday, Sep. 26, 2012 at 11:54 AM | Comments: 0

More businesses in rural Westman have been hit by burglars.

Boissevain RCMP say at least five businesses in that town were broken into overnight Sunday, and the Rivers Police Service add that at least three were broken into last week there.

Those follow a string of break-ins that were reported in late August and early September to businesses in Treherne, St. Claude, Somerset, La Rivière, Holland and Notre Dame, plus a night of five break-ins to Souris earlier this month.

In Boissevain, police say some cash was stolen, after culprits forced open a door. Five separate businesses were broken into, sometime between 10 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 23, and 8 a.m. the next morning.

The week prior, overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 18, Rivers Police Service say that three businesses there, too, suffered break-ins.

All three had doors pried open, and cash stolen from inside. In Rivers, a fourth location was also broken into, but the business had been closed for several months. The burglars did some damage to a door, but there was nothing missing.

Police say they believe all the break-ins are connected, and they are working together to investigate the crimes. The Brandon RCMP Forensic Identification Unit has also joined the investigation.

Anyone with information about the break-ins should contact their local RCMP detachment, or call Crime Stoppers, at 1-800-222-8477.

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