FIVE people have been arrested in connection with the spate of burglaries in the south of the island.

The latest wave of burglaries that have come to light in the aftermath of Christmas are shocking by Guernsey standards and all the more concerning because there could be more yet to come to light.

TWO more burglaries were reported to police yesterday, which takes to 10 the total number in the south of the island since 9 December.

RECENT burglaries in the western part of St Peter Port have forced residents to think again about security.

A ZERO tolerance for crime is something people of this Bailiwick embraced many years before Mayor Rudy Giuliani took the concept to the streets of New York.