Link likely in late-night raids in Masterton

enior Sergeant Jymahl Glassey said there were on average about six or seven burglaries a week in Masterton.

Two burglaries of Masterton businesses late on Wednesday night may be linked, police believe.

The Kuripuni Sports Bar door was jemmied open just before midnight, and two bottles of alcohol were taken.

Lansdowne Sammies was broken into in a similar fashion, and food was taken.

In both cases the culprit or culprits tried to steal money from tills but failed.

Senior Sergeant Jymahl Glassey said the burglaries were likely to be linked.

He said the average rate of burglaries was about six or seven a week in Masterton.

The police had a specialist team working on a spike of burglaries in the last few weeks.