Carlow and Kilkenny Gardaí are warning locals to watch out for bogus tradesmen and distraction thefts at their homes.
It follows a few cases this week where men pretending to be plumbers were let into people’s homes and then stole cash and jewellery from them.
In another case in Knockbrack in Mullinavat, a strange man walked into the bedroom of a man in his 70’s and mentioned a dog being knocked down on the road.
That happened on Sunday last at 5.15pm.