A SPATE of robberies and vandalism about the district has police on the hunt for the culprits.
At around 3am on Tuesday, March 31, a number of post boxes at Lochiel were smashed open, as were some at Sevenhill and Kapunda.
Postmaster at Lochiel, Shirley Atkinson, who runs the post office at Simmonds Garage with her brother, Greg Simmonds, said it was the first time this had ever happened there in her 20 years of running it.
“It’s very annoying and inconvenient for everyone concerned,” Shirley said.
Shirley, who sorts the mail, was confident there wasn’t any mail stolen, and couldn’t understand why anyone would want to smash the post boxes.