Home Office laptop stolen in Lunar House burglary

4:07pm Sunday 23rd November 2008

By Eleanor Harding

An official Home Office laptop was stolen from an immigration office in Croydon, police confirmed today.

The computer was taken during a burglary at Lunar House in Wellesley Road, which handles immigrant application forms.

Croydon CID are still investigating the theft, which was reported at 8.40am on Friday, November 14.

No arrests have been made and the laptop has not been recovered, but a Home Office source said it did did not contain personal or sensitive data.

A spokesman said he could not comment on an ongoing police investigation.

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