Householders are being warned to be extra vigilant after two men in a van were seen acting suspiciously around properties in East Kilbride.
Police are calling on locals to check and review their home security following the alarming reports.
They say two suspicious men have been reportedly looking in windows and around the exterior of a number of properties in the area, then chapping the doors.
If a householder answers, they state that they are doing work in a neighbouring property and warn that there may be noise, before leaving in a van.
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