Night cars break in on the increase in Bulawayo

There is reportedly an increase in cases of a criminal syndicate who break into people's cars during the night to steal valuables such as car radios, car batteries, tools and other items they found in the vehicles.

The revelations came when a number of residents this week complained of having their cars broken in during the night leading to hem losing quite substantial valuables including the damages done of their cars.

The crime syndicate which seem to be using  the same modus operand pounced recently at Nkulumane houses where they damaged a number of cars at houses along the same line and stole several items form those cars.

"I was surprised when i woke up in the morning recent to find my car's windscreen broken and discovered that some items which were in the car had been stolen," said a Nkulumane resident who preferred anonymity. "This did not happen to me alone but the who line where there are cars suffered the same fate."

In a development which shows that the crime syndicate is roaming the city of Bulawayo, residents in Mpopoma today woke up to the surprise of seeing their cars windscreens broken and their belongings taken from them.

"It appears these criminals are in a calculated move to target cars which are parked in houses yards and they seem to be moving from one suburb to the other. This means that residents in the city must be careful and guard seriously for their vehicles because they are no the criminals' targets," said a Mpopoma resident.

The concerned residents asked for intensified police patrols to stop the sprouting crime rate in the suburbs.