CHRISTMAS is coming and ’tis the time to be vigilant, police have been warning traders.

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

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

MORE than £6,500-worth of stolen mobile telephones was recovered by police using information from the Force Intelligence Bureau last year.

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

THIEVES have upset toddlers at Sunshine Pre-School by stealing some of their toys.