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Both the police and the insurance companies that count thousands of damages are unanimous in saying that it is necessary to befriend your neighbors and not leave doors or windows open.
According to the Vilnius County Police, the jewelry kept in a luxury home turned into solid loot. According to officials, as the weather warms and the quarantine is released, thefts increase dramatically. And the long toes currently pointing to upscale areas don’t stop with either armored doors or expensive locks, which open in 5 minutes.
Olegas Bikbajev, representative of the Vilnius County LSC, says: preparing for them. They are not made spontaneously, they know that people are rich ”.
And a few days ago, Vilnius county officials also detained three Roma people, who went to a private house without a key in the Šalčininkai district and misappropriated 500 euros while the owners were resting in the yard. The trio likely committed more similar crimes, authorities said.
Bikbayev says: “Sometimes they come and ask for help. They don’t walk, they don’t steal spontaneously. They come, introduce themselves, ask for something, ask where to go and earn money. “
Viktorija Katilienė, representative of Gjensidige, says: “When the quarantine ended, the weather warmed up, people started having fun outside and we noticed that the number of robberies increased significantly, dozens of times. And steal barbecues, outdoor furniture, lawnmowers, bicycles. It also affected the average damage, if before it was around € 700, now it is € 2000 because more expensive items are stolen ”.
It is the relaxation of the people, the open doors, the open terraces left in the heat or the expensive barbecues in the patio that seduce thieves. According to insurers, the dam is popular this season and electric scooters are left in the yards.
Andrius Žiukelis, the head of BTA’s experience department, says: “He often leaves things open: he just rides the bike, starts behind the bush and leaves it behind, and steals it. The same barbecues have also just been set up on the terrace somewhere and everything – they leave them, they go on vacation and when you come back after the holidays you have to buy a new barbecue ”
Well, if thieves have already broken into your home, they usually take small but valuable things: jewelry, money, phones, tablets, computers, or cameras.
It’s true that the police statistics are at least somewhat gratifying: While the damage done by long fingers is increasing, the number of robberies itself is declining year by year. In four years, the number of houses or apartments stolen has been cut in half. Both the police and the insurers repeat that when you go on vacation, you should not be loud on social media, but quietly to close neighbors or relatives.
Police spokesman Ramūnas Matonis says: “Someone would take care of that house a bit. Somehow I would turn on the lights at night or, if the apartment, I would take out flyers, newspapers. Sometimes the flyers are hung on the door with the same long fingers, they also need to be removed: to create a certain image that there is something in the house, turn on the light in the evenings, at the same time water the flowers or something like that. Just ask the neighbors to come over to that house from time to time. “
A survey commissioned by the insurance company BTA showed that about a quarter of Lithuanians rely on the help of their neighbors during the holidays. However, many houses are not guarded in any way, with expensive locks or alarms. The most popular protection is armored doors, but thieves often simply overlook them.
A. Žiukelis states: “The main entrance door can be built even in the most expensive and safe way, but if your patio door is the simplest and easiest to break with a lever, the thief will go the easy way. and he doesn’t care. which has made the main entrance door the safest. He’ll just find another way and that’s it. “
Earlier in the week, thieves in the capital also stole a safe with impressive loot from an apartment. He had 20 thousand. euros, a kilogram of gold, the value of which can reach another 50 thousand. and 6 kilograms of silver.
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