Burglary Arrests in Balsall Common

In the early hours of Saturday 9th July three burglars were disturbed by the occupier breaking into a house in Balsall Common. The three tried to steal the owners car but left empty handed in a VW Golf. Police attended the location at managed to pick up the Golf on the Kenilworth Road; the vehicle drove off at high speed before crashing into a house in Hampton-in-Arden.

The Golf caused substantial damage to the house but thankfully the occupants were fine and police quickly surrounded the area and commenced a search with a police dog and using th police helicopter. All three burglars were arrested, two had sustained serious injuries as a result of the crash.

The property from the burglary in Balsall Common was recovered and the Golf turned out to be stolen from Stratford upon Avon and was on false plates.

Good police work by the team led to these arrests