They should bring back the OLD day methods when caught stealing, cut your bloody fingers off.
Yes Low lifes who possibly get paid by the government to stay home, sleep in then rob you,
Even though maybe you can get new equipment from insurance, that feeling of being violated when your place has been broken into, can't replace all those loved tools you had as well as the sought after ones you can no longer get.
I hope all goes well with you Norm, and hope you can get most of your gear back, I feel for you. It's definitely not nice.