Residents of Lami have made an urgent call to the Police Force to clamp down on the spate of robberies in the Lami area and take action against the shops receiving and selling stolen items.

Many break-ins have occurred in the past few weeks in Vatuvia Road, Naimawi Street and Qeleya Street in Lami.

The latest targets were a businessman and a lecturer who were robbed in the last few days and some of the stolen items were later found in a shop in the capital city.

A lecturer at the University of the South Pacific Kenneth Chambers said his family has been robbed twice and he suspects the same group of people is involved.

Chambers, whose personal laptop contained very important files, was stolen and later found in a shop in Suva.

Chambers said he had to buy his computer again for $900.