Straws: a thief places tape on CCTV cameras

All means are good to avoid being spotted. A thief found the perfect trick to blur surveillance camera recordings, to the detriment of a homeowner. On May 29, a resident of Pailles noticed a blackout on the images coming from two of her surveillance cameras. She did not pay special attention to this anomaly and went to her work. When he returned around 11 p.m., his cameras were out of service. She checked them and found that there was tape on the lenses. Without wasting time, she watched the recordings and saw her neighbor enter her yard. He then put tape on the cameras pointed at his garage. He was unaware that another camera was filming his ride.

He entered his neighbor's car and stole Rs 3,000 and three watches. The complainant, in a statement at the Pailles police station on May 29, put this loss at Rs 96,000. As part of this investigation, sleuths from the Criminal Investigation Division of Port-Louis South arrested Jean Adrien Jabeemissur , from Straws. He made a confession. Part of the loot was recovered by the police. The suspect is in police custody.