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09/02/2005
Police target car crime in West Belfast and Lisburn
Police arrested 21 people and recovered 23 vehicles last month in its efforts to cut down car crime in West Belfast and Lisburn figures released today have shown.
The figures for the work of the Auto Crime Team (ACT) also revealed that since its inception in July 2002, 623 arrests have been made and 459 vehicles recovered.
Commenting on the figures, West Belfast District Commander Chief Superintendent David Boultwood said: "Recently, I restated our commitment to tackling the problem of car crime. It remains our number one priority.
“These figures today reflect that commitment and I can assure local communities that I, along with my counterpart in Lisburn, Chief Superintendent Ken Henning, will continue to work to reducing the number of incidents.
“We want to help make West Belfast and Lisburn safer places to live and work. We are working to ensure this and I would ask local communities to work with us."
Senior police officers in both districts said they would be continuing to target those committing car crime in both areas.
(MB)
The figures for the work of the Auto Crime Team (ACT) also revealed that since its inception in July 2002, 623 arrests have been made and 459 vehicles recovered.
Commenting on the figures, West Belfast District Commander Chief Superintendent David Boultwood said: "Recently, I restated our commitment to tackling the problem of car crime. It remains our number one priority.
“These figures today reflect that commitment and I can assure local communities that I, along with my counterpart in Lisburn, Chief Superintendent Ken Henning, will continue to work to reducing the number of incidents.
“We want to help make West Belfast and Lisburn safer places to live and work. We are working to ensure this and I would ask local communities to work with us."
Senior police officers in both districts said they would be continuing to target those committing car crime in both areas.
(MB)
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