Cash and jewellery taken in house break-in during boxing show

A QUANTITY of jewellery and a sum of money was stolen in a break-in on Friday night to a house in Castlebar.

The break-in to the house at Watersville, off the Pontoon Road, occurred sometime between 6 p.m and 12.15 a.,m.

There was nobody in the house at the time of the break-in.

Entry was gained by forcing a rear window.

The time of the break-in coincided roughly with the staging of the Ray Moylette fight in a local hotel.

Gardai believe the intruders may have had prior knowledge the house would be unoccupied and waited until it was vacated before breaking in.