Cigarettes and Jewellery Theft

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Resettlement (Training Allowances) – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 14 Mehefin 1945.

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Photo of Mr Donald Somervell Mr Donald Somervell , Crewe 12:00, 14 Mehefin 1945

I think the right hon. Member must have in mind two quite separate incidents. On the afternoon of 3rd June, a house in Finchley was entered and jewellery was stolen of an estimated value of £14,000. Some furs and a safe containing documents and £3,000 in cash were also stolen. On the night of 5th–6th June, four men attacked the watchman at a warehouse in Watford and tied him up. They then removed over 2,500,000 cigarettes, to the value of £11,000, in a lorry. Inquiries are being vigorously pursued by the police in both cases, but no arrests have yet been made.