Updated | Man admits to spate of car thefts

The thefts occurred between 6 and 17 June this year. The man was arrested in the act of breaking into a vehicle.

The man was arrested in the act of breaking into a car(Stock photo)
The man was arrested in the act of breaking into a car(Stock photo)

A 33 year old man from Gharghur will be sentenced on Monday after pleading guilty to charges relating to a number of thefts from vehicles in Qormi, Luqa and Paola.

Omar Calleja, 32, from Gharghur was arraigned earlier today on charges of theft.

The thefts occurred between 6 and 17 June this year. Tools, documents and cash were stolen and damage caused to the vehicles. Police will also be charging the man with a burglary at an office in Luqa.

He was apprehended in a joint operation between police officers stationed at Qormi and Paola, after he was observed acting suspiciously in Triq l-Iljun, Qormi. The man was allegedly arrested as he was attempting to break into a vehicle.

Charged before magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit by Inspectors Roderick Agius and Sarah Kathleen Zerafa this afternoon, the man pleaded guilty as charged. The court will deliver its sentence on Monday.