By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THREE Pakenham homes were ransacked within 24 hours, according to police detectives.
Police investigating the burglaries did not indicate if the incidents were linked, but appealed for anyone with information about the break-ins to come forward.
The homes targeted on Thursday 17 March were at Cassowary Crescent, Ebony Drive and Constance Way. Days later, another Pakenham home on Cockatoo Road was also ransacked by offenders who smashed their way into the home before taking off with a significant stash of goods.
Cardinia Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) Detective Sergeant Duane McDonald said offender/s used an unknown weapon to break into an Ebony Drive home via a rear sliding door.
Passports, two cameras, a significant amount of jewellery, a golf bag, golf clubs, iPads and a tablet computer were stolen sometime between 4.30pm and 10.40pm.
A man was seen running from the premises, and later offloading a number of unwanted stolen items at the top of Ebony Drive near Murphy Road.
Police described the offender as male, skinny to medium build, wearing a light-coloured jumper with long sleeves.
Earlier that day, valuable jewellery was taken from a house in Cassowary Crescent.
Between 8.45am and 3.30pm, offender/s accessed the unlocked home and took various pieces of jewellery including 18 carat gold diamonds earrings.
No-one was seen entering or leaving the home.
It took offenders under an hour to ransack the third targeted Pakenham home.
Between 8pm and 9pm on Thursday 17 March, offender/s smashed through a rear glass sliding door at a house on Constance Way.
The home’s main bedroom was ransacked and jewellery taken.
Police are investigating the three burglary incidents in addition to others reported across town during the week.
One incident involved a Cockatoo Road home being ransacked, with valuable gold bullion on the list of stolen items.
Police said the offender/s also took jewellery during the burglary, which occurred between 11.30am and 12.45am on Saturday 19 March.
Anyone with information about the burglaries are urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
