DAILY REPORT
On the night of Sunday, the police received a report of a break-in at an optician’s shop.
Early Sunday at 04.30 Greenland Police received a report of a suspicious situation, which turned out to be an ongoing burglary at an optician’s shop in the Nuuk district of Qinngorput.
This is what duty manager Jeppe Andsager tells us.
A patrol was sent to the scene, and here the officers could see tracks in the snow that led away from the business.
A police dog was set to follow the trail and together with vigilant citizens who could point the police in the right direction, the police arrested two suspected perpetrators.
– We have a hold of them and find the costs from the break-in and some additional costs, says Jeppe Andsager.
The thieves had primarily stolen sunglasses from the optician, and the other items were tobacco products.
The two suspected perpetrators are young men, and they have been charged in the case.
The police are still investigating the case to clarify whether there were further perpetrators involved, as well as where the tobacco products originated.
