Four males charged housebreakings across South Ayrshire and Dumfries

 Four males, including a 14-year-old boy, have been arrested and charged in connection with numerous house breakings in South Ayrshire and Dumfries. <i>(Image: Archives)</i>
 Four males, including a 14-year-old boy, have been arrested and charged in connection with numerous house breakings in South Ayrshire and Dumfries. (Image: Archives)
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 Three men and a teenager have been arrested and charged in connection with numerous house breakings in South Ayrshire and Dumfries.

The break-ins took place on Tuesday, February 24 and happened across Tarbolton, Thornhill, Kirkconnell and Kelloholm.

Both a business premises and three residential homes were targeted.

Three men, aged 35, 27, and 21, were charged in connection with theft, house breakings, and several driving offences.

They will appear at Dumfries Sheriff Court today, Wednesday February 25.

A 14-year-old boy has been reported to the relevant authorities.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: " Four males have been arrested and charged in connection with a number of housebreakings in South Ayrshire and Dumfries.

"The incidents happened on Tuesday, 24 February, 2026, across Tarbolton, Thornhill, Kirkconnell and Kelloholm at a business premises and three residential homes.

"Three men, aged 35, 27 and 21, were charged in connection with theft, housebreakings and a number of driving offences.

"They are due to appear at Dumfries Sheriff Court today, Wednesday, 25 February, 2026.

"The fourth male youth, aged 14, was reported to the relevant authorities."


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