Thieves steal tablets used for $100k cash grant registration from NDC office

Intruders broke into the Kilcoy- Chesney Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) building sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Among some of the things stolen were six electronic tablets which were being used to register persons for the one-off $100,000 cash grant from the Government.

The thieves entered by removing a board from the wall at the back of the building.
Staff at the NDC discovered the office ransacked on Tuesday morning.
NDC Councilor Sandra Harricharran said that the thieves initially tried to gain access by removing the louvers window panes but could not enter from there because of the grill to the windows.
She revealed that after being summoned to the office she arrived and discovered that there were papers scattered on the floor.
“Everything was disarranged and we went and checked at the back and the wall was broken. They took off the window pane but apparently, they couldn’t have come through because we have grills. So, they broke the wall on top and they came in. When we checked a lot of things were missing.”
Checks revealed that 15 cutlasses, 15 files to sharpen cutlasses, one grass slasher, one chainsaw, six electronic tablets and six power banks for those tablets along with 5 chargers for the tablets were missing from the office.
The tablets were being used to register persons for Government’s $100,000 one-off cash grant. The NDC was in the process of registering shut-ins.
Also discovered missing were 33 solar lights and three spades.
Harricharran said that there is a security stationed at the NDC office, which is located in the same complex with the Albion Sports Complex.
“Apparently, he don’t be outside. He was inside because the rain was falling.”
The councillor said the security guard claimed he did not know that intruders were in the building.
The section of the building he has access to is separated from the rest of the office by a door which was locked.
“I spoke to him and he said he didn’t hear anything; he didn’t hear that the wall was being broken because the rain was falling.”
Police have since interviewed the security but no useful information was obtained.
“They did not take him into custody, he had to go to the station to give a statement,” Harricharran disclosed.
Meanwhile, the tablets which were stolen can only be activated by someone who has the password.
Police are continuing their investigations. (G4)