US tourist was victim of Mayo car burglary

AN American tourist who went sightseeing at Aasleagh Falls, near Leenane, last weekend returned to his find his car burgled.

A quantity of cash – U.S. dollars – was stolen from the vehicle after a side window was smashed.

In a similar incident on Wednesday last, a handbag containing a sum of money was stolen from a car parked outside Attymass Church.

The owner was attending Mass at the time of the break-in.

The incidents are being investigation by An Garda Siochána.