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OPP Warn Walkerton Residents to Lock Vehicles

Driveway thieves are at it again. Just after 4:00 this morning, the OPP received a call about a theft from a vehicle parked in a driveway in the 900 block of Old Durham Road in Walkerton.

The homeowner spotted two men searching through the car, and ran off when the owner yelled at them. They took a cordless drill, valued at $150 dollars.

Once again police are reminding all residents to lock the doors on your vehicles, homes, garages and sheds.

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