Suspicious Vehicle

SueA

Had a couple of guys go very slowly past the house, waving at me as I took their number. Reg: 98D <snip>, Opel Combo, 3 Door van. Anyone know anything about these two guys.

Never seen them before and I live on a cul de sac so they had no reason to be here.

Had stuff stolen recently.

Thanks

pablo128

Report them now.

SueA

pablo128 wrote: »

Report them now.

Is that just a general precaution or do you know something ?

pablo128

SueA wrote: »

Is that just a general precaution or do you know something ?

No I don't know them, but they're out to rob whatever they can get, so don't give them the opportunity.

If they have nothing to hide they won't mind being stopped by police.

SueA

pablo128 wrote: »

No I don't know them, but they're out to rob whatever they can get, so don't give them the opportunity.

If they have nothing to hide they won't mind being stopped by police.

Unfortunately it was yesterday that they came past, but I have notified the Garda.
Was just checking reg plate on Motorcheck and it is 98D<snip>, Open combo, Red 3 door van.

EmptyTree

Would probably be helpful if we knew what general area you are in.

Mint Sauce

They could have been going slow trying to find a friends/colleagues/clients house, and waved out of friendliness as they seen you looking.

SueA

There is no one else on the road and the road is a dead end. If they were lost surely they would of taken the opportunity to ask?

SueA

EmptyTree wrote: »

Would probably be helpful if we knew what general area you are in.

I like to keep my location vague as I'm isolated. South Sligo.

hanna200

SueA wrote: »

I like to keep my location vague as I'm isolated. South Sligo.

perhaps that's the reason why you are so concerned.

SueA

hanna200 wrote: »

perhaps that's the reason why you are so concerned.

It's a legitimate reason if you take into consideration the fact the road is a dead end. And the fact that the area has been targeted recently by people stealing and dumping unwanted vehicles.

3 reasons to be on the road:

1 visiting me
2 lost
3 local farmer tending stock

These guys were none of these.

magnumlady

Removed part of the number plate as it's personal information.

SueA

magnumlady wrote: »

Removed part of the number plate as it's personal information.

thats understandable thank you for the post.

JohnBee

SueA wrote: »

I like to keep my location vague as I'm isolated. South Sligo.

And yet you had no problem listing a strangers reg and insinuating they were criminals?

SueA

JohnBee wrote: »

And yet you had no problem listing a strangers reg and insinuating they were criminals?

Read the post, it asks if anyone has any experience of these people. And yep no problem asking if anyone knows if they are criminals taking into consideration the circumstances.

Thanks to those people that live in the countryside and know what threats we are under with garda stations closed and thugs running amok. Hardly a day goes by without some report of someone seriously injured, robbed or even killed by criminals set on theft.

fepper

Your right to be concerned Gardaí just calling to your house is also a good deterrent if seen by the unwelcome visitors

Buford T Justice

magnumlady wrote: »

Removed part of the number plate as it's personal information.

?? Hardly!!!!

redarmyblues

Magic mushroom pickers? it is the season.

ancapallliath

Buford T Justice wrote: »

?? Hardly!!!!

maybe because of the context with the insinuations on this thread but I agree reg numbers are hardly personal information.
i live in dublin and thousands of people see my reg number everyday!

Mint Sauce

May not necessary be personal, but a number plate linked to a support of suspicious behavior on a public forum is hardly acceptable either. Would I be right or wrong.

Buford T Justice

Mint Sauce wrote: »

May not necessary be personal, but a number plate linked to a support of suspicious behavior on a public forum is hardly acceptable either. Would I be right or wrong.

Why isn't it? If there's any truth to it then people should know about it and if there isn't what harm?

Is there a vigilante group sharpening pitchforks or something?

JohnBee

SueA wrote: »

Read the post, it asks if anyone has any experience of these people. And yep no problem asking if anyone knows if they are criminals taking into consideration the circumstances.

So you would be happy if someone posted your details on boards.ie and insinuated that you were a criminal?

I think not.

Only one appropriate response and that is if you have a genuine concern you talk in confidence to your local garda.

SueA

The Garda got back to me and they will be patrolling the area.

Thanks for the advice to contact Garda, definitely worth doing.

SueA

JohnBee wrote: »

So you would be happy if someone posted your details on boards.ie and insinuated that you were a criminal?

I think not.

Only one appropriate response and that is if you have a genuine concern you talk in confidence to your local garda.

No problem my reg is 01 MH 6565. No one was insinuated to be a criminal, the post states, suspicious vehicle.

Just had to take loads of back roads to get around a long tail back, got a bit lost and was down some quiet boreens, happy for any of the locals to check out my number with the Garda. I've nothing to hide.

SueA

LOL, thanks needed a bit of light relief, been very stressed as there have been a number of incidents on the lane and locally.

JohnBee

SueA wrote: »

No problem my reg is 01 MH 6565. No one was insinuated to be a criminal, the post states, suspicious vehicle.

Just had to take loads of back roads to get around a long tail back, got a bit lost and was down some quiet boreens, happy for any of the locals to check out my number with the Garda. I've nothing to hide.

Glad it worked out, Gardai is best choice, not random posts on boards.

PS you clearly dont know what insinuate means. Listing the reg of a "suspicious" vehicle IS insinuating there is a criminal connection lol!

SueA

JohnBee wrote: »

Glad it worked out, Gardai is best choice, not random posts on boards.

PS you clearly don't know what insinuate means. Listing the reg of a "suspicious" vehicle IS insinuating there is a criminal connection lol!

If I'd wanted to say that I thought the vehicle had occupants that were bent on criminal activity I would have said so. I'm not one to beat around the bush, suspicious merely means that they were not behaving in a normal manner. The garda agreed with me.

It's not a random post, it's a clearly titled thread and put in the correct forum, and if anything similar happens again I will be back as it's proved very productive. A bit like the Community Text Alert run by the communities and Garda, where suspicious activities can be spread around the community quickly by concerned citizens.

I don't have time to respond any further to this thread. Thanks for all contributions.

Nomis21

I often go driving down roads just to see where they go. It's all interesting.

One day about 30 years ago, in Lancashire, England I drove down a cul de sac near a town called Burnley, and at the end of that cul-de-sac I noticed an old Double Decker bus parked outside a cottage. I am a bus driver and was curious, so I knocked on the door of the cottage. A man came out and said he bought it because he won a contract for a school bus run but he didn't have a driver for it yet.

I got the job to drive the bus and that man ended up owning 50+ buses and I became his transport manager and close friend.

True Story

Buford T Justice

JohnBee wrote: »

So you would be happy if someone posted your details on boards.ie and insinuated that you were a criminal?

I think not.

Only one appropriate response and that is if you have a genuine concern you talk in confidence to your local garda.

I don't need you to think for me thanks, and its a bit of a stretch to say that the op was insinuating that the occupants of the care were criminals.

Acting suspicious in someones mind does not a criminal make.

JohnBee

Buford T Justice wrote: »

Acting suspicious in someones mind does not a criminal make.

If not criminal insinuations, what then, was she implying they were there suspiciously to install water meters lol?

Sergei Malatov

SueA wrote: »

Had a couple of guys go very slowly past the house, waving at me as I took their number. Reg: 98D <snip>, Opel Combo, 3 Door van. Anyone know anything about these two guys.

Never seen them before and I live on a cul de sac so they had no reason to be here.

Had stuff stolen recently.

Thanks

I have seen that van outside an address on Connaughton Road several times. I have also seen the gardai searching said address for stolen property. Can also confirm I have had property stolen from said individuals.

Good start going to the gardai. Next step would be to install cameras outside your property.

Buford T Justice

JohnBee wrote: »

If not criminal insinuations, what then, was she implying they were there suspiciously to install water meters lol?

You're distracting from the point I was making.

jimmycrackcorm

pablo128 wrote:

Report them now.

Report to Gardai asking them to record on Pulse. You never know if a crime is committed that such information can be a lynchpin in a successful prosecution.