'TIME TO BEAT THE CRIMINALS' - McELROY

Thieves broke into two businesses within days of each other last month but nothing was stolen in either incident.

Thomson Fuels on the Lurgan Road was targetted by thieves who broke into the office portacabin at some point between March 20 and March 22.

The criminals smashed an office window and rifled through the contents before breaking into and ransacking a lorry parked nearby in the yard but they left empty-handed.

During the same period attempts were made to break into the Classy Chassis Car Wash on the Dromore Road. The shutter door at the business's entrance was damaged but the culprits failed to gain entry to the shed at the side of the car wash.

Elsewhere, last weekend criminals tried to steal a car parked outside a house in the town.

Damage was caused to the locks and wiring of the Honda Integra Type R, which was parked at Golf Terrace on Saturday night.