Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cash and jewellery stolen from Dumfries house

The householder is heartbroken at what’s happened. Not only have his life savings been stolen, jewellery which is of tremendous sentimental value to him and his family has also been taken. “Whether or not the thief or thieves knew what they were looking for or whether this was an opportunist who broke in, has still to be established but I would ask anyone who may have seen someone or a couple of people they didn’t recognise hanging about the street near to or at the house in the past few days to contact police. Or maybe you saw, for example, a car in the area that you did not recognise? If you did then please contact police.

Officers are checking CCTV and making local enquiries in an effort to trace those responsible.

Some of the cash taken was in £100 notes. To the everyday person on the street, these are rarely seen, so if you are a business dealing in currency and someone comes in using notes of that value, and if you have any suspicions about them, please get in touch.”