Woman arrested following Haydock burglary

Merseyside Police have arrested a woman following an incident in Haydock yesterday, Sunday 10 January.

At around 8.45am we received a report that a burglary had taken place at an address on Wrigley Road.

It was reported that two men and a woman had approached the address and informed the male victim that they needed to gain entry due to a gas leak.

The suspects were then reported to have forced entry to the property, searched the house and taken paperwork from one of the rooms.

The suspects were reported to have left the scene in a silver Citroen C3 car.

The victim was uninjured but left extremely shaken by the incident.

Officers attended and CCTV, forensic and house-to house enquiries were carried out.

Following enquiries, police located and arrested a 34-year-old woman from Warrington and suspicion of robbery today, Monday 10 January.

She has been taken into custody for questioning.

An investigation remains ongoing to locate the two male suspects and anyone with any information is asked to contact police.

Detective Inspector Barbara Hebden said: "To target someone in their home in this way is utterly despicable and we are doing all we can to find those responsible and bring them to justice.

“While we have made one arrest, our enquiries continue to find the two further suspects and we would encourage anyone in the Wrigley Road area yesterday morning who saw anything or anyone suspicious to come forward.

“We launched a dedicated operation, Operation Castle, in 2018 to reinforce our commitment to tackling burglaries in the region which has led to year-on-year reductions in burglaries across Merseyside, sparing many residents the pain of being subjected to a burglary.

“As part of our efforts to bring offenders to justice and prevent further burglaries, offenders have been jailed for more than 500 years in total, and our pursuit of those who violate the privacy of people’s homes in this callous way will continue.

“Key to us putting offenders behind bars is information from our communities so, please, come forward and tell us what you know and we can take action.”

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact @MerPolCC on Twitter or ‘Merseyside Police Contact Centre’ on Facebook with reference 22000019224 You can also pass information via Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, or their online form at https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/forms/give-information-anonymously.