Meryon Road, Alresford. Residents in Winchester have been warned to stay on their guard after 18 garages were burgled in one night. The discovery was made by police officers on a routine patrol at around 8.13pm in Alresford on Thursday night. They noticed several garage doors were open on Meryon Road. On seeing police an unknown vehicle drove toward Mitford Road, a short pursuit followed but the suspect vehicle was lost. On returning to the garages, the officers noticed entry had been forced to around eighteen garages, with officers adding it is unknown at this time what or how much has been stolen.