POLICE FILE

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 13, Issue 635, 7 May 1996, Page 7

POLICE FILE

• Last Tuesday evening two handbags were stolen from the council offices in Ohakune. The offender had walked in the open back door while a function was in progress at the other end of the building and took the bags from the office. Police warn that this type of theft has occurred before. • Police attended an attempted suicide and a domestic incident at Raetihi last week. A complaint of assault was received from a college student and enquiries are being followed up in regard to this, • There was a report of . graffiti on a bus in the Dempsey bus depot overnightSaturday. Several words in red paint were sprayed over the rear and left side of a bus.

• A car parked in the Blyth Hut carpark was broken into and the spare wheel, battery, radio cassette and clothing items stolen. Police remind people to keep contents out of sight when leaving vehicles unattended. • Raetihi police reco vered a Mazda van stolen frorri the area on Saturday night and an Ohakune man is assisting police. • There was only. one vehicle crash reported to police last week which was a two-car collision on the Parapara Highway caused by a poor overtaking manoeuvre, No injuries resulted however, both cars had to be towed away.