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Stolen bank cards used to buy 'large number' of scratch cards

Police have issued CCTV images of a man they want to talk to about a burglary in Southville which netted a haul of laptops and bank cards.

The stolen bank cards were later used to buy a large number of lottery scratch cards in shops in the city centre.

Police said the burglary happened on Wednesday, April 6, at 6.45am at a house in Southville Place.

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Detectives said the burglar entered the house and stole a red Vans backpack containing a silver Dell laptop, a dark grey HP laptop, black noise-cancelling headphones and a black purse containing four bank cards.

“The cards were later used in several different supermarkets in the Broad Quay area of Bristol to buy a large number of scratch cards,” a spokesperson for Avon and Somerset police said.

“We are releasing this CCTV image as we believe the man in the image may have information which could aid the investigation. The subject of the CCTV is described as white, of slim build and wearing a blue puff coat with the hood up. If you think you know this man, please call us,” he added.

If you think you know this man, please call 101 and quote reference number 5222080977 to the call handler.

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