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Police investigating 4 break-ins across the Maritimes over 3 weeks

Police in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are investigating several break and enters that occurred over the past three weeks. File/ Global News

Police are investigating four separate break-ins that were reported over the course of three weeks in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

The RCMP say the first two were reported on May 8 at two different convenience stores.

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One of the stores was located in Barss Corner in Lunenburg County, and the other was in Caledonia in Queens County.

Police believe the break-ins are related since both stores had their entry glass door broken and similar items stolen, including cash and cigarettes.

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The third break-in happened on Wednesday at a home in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, N.B., north of Saint-Léonard.

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Police say several pieces of electronic equipment were taken from the house, including an Xbox game console, game controllers, an RCA 32-inch television, Lorex surveillance equipment and Xplornet internet equipment.

West District RCMP says the incident likely happened sometime between 7 a.m. and 10:30 p.m.

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The most recent break-in happened sometime between Tuesday and Thursday, from the garage of a home on Pleasant Hill in Stewiacke, N.S.

Police say somebody took construction tools, including a power drill, from the garage while the door was unlocked.

Police are asking anyone with information on the break-ins to contact their local RCMP detachment.

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