Cops issue warning to homeowners who find THIS strange item outside their home: video

Police officers are urging citizens to inspect the areas around their homes following the discovery of a hidden camera outside a targeted house last week. 

WHAT HAPPENED?

A social media post out of crime-ravaged Southern California showed a photo of the device – a camera concealed in a green shell surrounded by leaves. 

It was left in a bush outside a home on S. Primrose Avenue Monday night, following an attempted burglary on the residence.

An alarm company notified them of an attempt to open the kitchen window earlier that day, a month after four Colombian nationals were cuffed for allegedly running a ‘burglary tourism‘ ring that involved the use of camouflage cameras.

That happened in Glendale a few miles away, as burglary tourism seen since the pandemic continues to dominate headlines not only in The Golden State, but elsewhere as well.

POLICE STATEMENT

The Alhambra Police Department wrote in a statement Wednesday that announced no arrests.

‘The victim’s neighbor found a hidden camera in the bushes pointing toward their home. 

‘Their alarm company also notified them of an attempt to open the kitchen window earlier that day.

‘Unfortunately, camouflage cameras are a tactic being used in residential burglaries,’ it continued, sharing an evidence photo of the camera in question.    

‘These cameras are strategically placed in discrete areas, such as bushes, to allow thieves to gather information about homeowners’ daily routines to burglarize their homes.’