Smiths, on Saturday morning after helping himself to a cup of tea.

The man ran off when challenged at 9 a.m., and though it is not known if anything was stolen, two bags of items were later discovered by Police.

Thieves also broke into Saltus Cavendish School, Devonshire, overnight on Thursday and stole a cassette player, an envelope with a small amount of money, and several cheques.

Crooks made off eight coconut palm trees and a quantity of young coconut palm plants from a construction site at Windreach Lane, Warwick, overnight on Friday.

A parishioner at the Wesley Methodist Church on Church Street, Hamilton, fell prey to thieves yesterday morning.

The woman left her handbag in a classroom at the Church at 9 a.m. and discovered it was missing an hour later.

Police say a young stranger seen leaving the church before the service began is a possible suspect.

A woman lost a Compaq laptop computer, jewellery, a DSS Access card and a satellite receiver during a break-in at her home in Tousvent Lane, Warwick, on Friday afternoon.