Thirty-nine people were arrested in Sefton one Friday night as a part of the Merseyside wide policing operation. A jaw dropping 338 arrests were made in all, across five hundred police stations in Sefton, Liverpool, Knowsley, Wirral and St Helens. All this action happened between 7am on Friday and 3am on Saturday.

Theft, burglary and acquisitive crime were the focus of this operation in Sefton where two men were arrested as they were suspected of breaking into a house in the Copy Lane area of Bootle in order to steal a plasma TV.

Assistant Chief Constable, Helen King commented that these were excellent results and showed that the Merseyside police are committed to taking strict action against the perpetrators of crimes in their area. She also added the people who commit violent crimes and serious offences like burglary and robbery do it to profit at the cost of making someone else’s life miserable.

King also stated that, by placing the right amount of officers at the right places at the right time, this has been a major deterrent to criminal activities in the area.

With such crime levels, a good safe would really go a long way to protecting your precious belongings from being stolen in an act of theft.