Newsstand Price 25¢ December 28, 1980 Tel. 985-2131 Classified 986-6222

Tete

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Incidents up
more than
100 per cent

By PAT RICH

Break-ins in the
Capilano area of North
Vancouver have more
than doubled in the
past year and police say
it is past the point

where they alone can
deal with them.

By the end of November
there had been 251 break-ins
in the area north of the
Upper Levels highway and
west of Lonsdale Avenue, as
compared to last year's total
of 119.

RCMP spokesmen say the
majority of the break-ins are
occuring during the day atl
residences rather than
businesses, with jewellery
being the main target.

Only a third of the break-
ins this year have been
solved by police to date.
RCMP Constable Sean
Murphy says.

With Constable Harold
Feiertag, Murphy is trying to
cut down on the number of
break-ins in the area, but he

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