than a dozen break-ins.

A court appearance is likely for a 19-year-old Sandys man who is believed to have entered an empty office at International Imports on Par-la-Ville Road, on Friday afternoon.

Police report the man took a "significant'' amount of money from the store around 2.30 p.m. and the theft was discovered a short time later.

Acting on information received, Police identified the man and arrested him a short time later in Hamilton.

He later admitted the offence and most of the money and a quantity of clothing was recovered.

Someone stole solid gold jewellery, sapphire and diamond earrings with pendants, and a gold lobster brooch, after a South Road, Paget woman left a briefcase in the back seat of her car for just two minutes on Friday morning.

The woman had to return to her house for an item she had forgotten and returned to find the briefcase missing.

The briefcase was found in a nearby bush emptied of its contents.

The J&J Produce stand on South Road, Devonshire was hit by a thief while the proprietress was busy with a legitimate customer.

A teenage white male with several distinctive tattoos is being sought for the heist.

Someone smashed in the front window of a car on Front Street early on Saturday morning and stole a purse containing a Palm 5X palmtop computer, cellphone, and a jacket.

The handbag had been placed in the trunk and the other items were in the front seat in the secured car while the owner was away.

She found the window smashed and the trunk ajar at 2.45 a.m.

And the office building next to the Government Administration Building on Parliament Street was hit overnight on Friday but only Shairons Hair Salon lost cash.