Police are appealing for witnesses after a man with his face covered allegedly broke into a garage and attempted to open a car doors on an Ipswich street on Halloween.
Police were called to Oulton Road at around 11.58pm on Saturday, October 31, following reports of suspicious activity believed to have begun around 15 minutes earlier.
A family living in the road had been woken by a loud noise before hearing further sounds coming from their garage door.
They checked their doorbell camera and saw a man outside, while the property's double wooden garage doors were found to have been forced open.
Nothing was stolen and police enquiries into the incident are ongoing.
A resident of Oulton Road said a neighbour had spotted the man moving between properties.
They said: “It was my neighbour that caught him because he was on my neighbour’s driveway trying the car door, then he went to another house where he was seen inside their garage.”
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The incident reported to police also included claims that the man had been trying car door handles elsewhere along the road.
The man was described as wearing a black hoodie and black trousers, with his face covered.
Anyone with information which could help the investigation is urged to contact police, quoting crime reference 3764514-26.
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