The air and sea ports are among the places which the police, with assistance from security personnel, will be monitoring in an effort to apprehend anyone taking away various items suspected to have been stolen in the spate of burglaries and thefts in Anguilla.

L-R: Sgt. Yearwood, Dept. Comm. Illidge Richardson, Constable James Joyce, Sgt. Best and Supt. Proctor

Commenting on the situation, Chief Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Osbourne Fleming, said in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, April 29, that he would instruct Commissioner of Police Keithly Benjamin, to have a police presence at the ports to deal with any such case.
Deputy Commissioner, Illidge Richardson, told Wednesday’s press briefing however that this should largely be a matter for security personnel at the ports working in cooperation with the police.
Meanwhile, Head of the Police Task Force, Superintendent Rudolph Proctor, said: “In the next couple of weeks and months, we will be conducting various operations in relation to countering those sorts of activities [burglaries and thefts and possibly export of stolen items] on the island. He appealed to the public to come forward with any information relating to the burglaries and thefts in Anguilla.
The police report for April 23-30 showed that there were 21 crimes. There were six burglaries four of which occurred in the Valley and one each at North Hill and Swing High. Among the stolen items were cellular phones, an unknown sum of money and groceries. There was one attempted burglary at South Hill.
There were 10 theft reports four of which were in the Valley, two at Sandy Ground and one each at Island Harbour, Long Bay, South Hill and Pond Ground, East End. Stolen items included a laptop computer, a dinghy and a number of construction tools.
There were six arrests for such offences as assaulting a police officer while in the execution of his duties; wounding, committing actual bodily harm; buggery; disorderly conduct; and for being armed with an offensive weapon.

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