london scotland yard is investigating a spate of recent burglaries targeting gold at indianorigin homes in north london including the residence of an 81yearold woman and called for extra vigilance ahead of diwali festivitiesdetectives from the north area command unit of metropolitan police began investigating following what it described as two suspected linked aggravated burglaries targeting south asian gold over the weekend in enfield including one in which an elderly female was threatenedi can reassure residents that increased patrols have been deployed in the area these burglaries targeted highvalue asian gold and i would strongly recommend that residents review their home security in line with the burglary prevention advice which has been issued by the metropolitan police service particularly at this time of the year with diwali fastapproaching said detective inspector paul ridley who is leading the investigationi would also urge any members of the public who may have been offered the stolen jewellery for sale or have cctv or dashcam footage of the burglars to approach the police he saidthe met police in a report notes that on friday september 20 2019 at approximately 2130 hours local time an 81yearold woman was in bed at her home when two men barged through her bedroom door and produced a sharp weapon which they then held to her face and threatened her before demanding valuablesone of the men then forcibly pulled off four bangles from each of her two wrists as the other man rifled through her belongings in the other roomsthe terrified victim warned that police were on their way and the men fled through a rear garden climbing over a wallthe victim suffered bruising on her arms from the force of the bangles being removed she was otherwise not seriously injuredin the second incident on sunday at around 2100 hours local time a 53yearold woman and her 65yearold husband were at home when they heard loud banging on the front dooras the woman stood up the door was thrown open and a man entered demanding money and goldthe man began searching the house for valuables despite the victims protests that there were noneshe victim woman was forced to lead the man to the master bedroom and he rummaged through drawers and cupboards before slapping her in the face and demanded moneythe victims husband was in another room he was confronted by two men with hammers and was ordered to get to the floor they demanded cash and gold and threatened to kill himthe three suspects then made off from the location the suspects are described as white males aged between 20 and 35 years and wearing bandanasthe offences occurred minutes away from each other along the a10 corridori believe the suspects will have used a vehicle and the main road as a conduit to provide an accessible access and escape route said di ridley issuing an appeal for information this weekif you witnessed the offenders arriving or leaving or know who is responsible then come forward as a priority