MILLICENT businessman Jim Garner is despairing that his Aberle Street premises have been targeted by thieves for the tenth time this year.
Images captured by security cameras at 10pm on Monday appear to show a young woman and a young man entering his vehicle wrecking yard and carrying fuel cans.
Although they are wearing hooded jumpers and baseball caps, their faces are clearly visible.
Mr Garner assumed the couple was looking to steal fuel as there was an unsuccessful attempt made to jemmy open a petrol cap on a vehicle parked by the yard’s front entrance.
He is not certain if they were able to steal petrol from among the hundreds of vehicles in the sprawling wrecking yard, which occupies both sides of Aberle Street.
“This was a stupid act,” Mr Garner said.
“My eight motion-activated CCTV cameras have images of other thieves at earlier break-ins and they are wearing disguises like Spiderman or Halloween masks.
“The couple on Monday night did not have their faces covered.
“I believe the young woman might have earlier called here and spoken to me.
“She said she was looking to buy a cheap car but we do not sell vehicles.”
After 30 years in the vehicle wrecking business, Mr Garner is well-acquainted with break-ins at his premises.
“CCTV cameras are cheap and a good deterrent as they produce clear photographs.
“There is a certain type of person in our community.
“They think that if they cannot get something, they will just take it.”
Mr Garner has informed Millicent police about Monday night’s events.
