The Moraga Police Department has received several reports of stolen mail and packages from residential doorsteps from several areas in Moraga during the last week. It appears the thieves are driving around the area and looking for packages left on doorsteps by the US Postal Service and delivery companies such as UPS.

The opportunist are lifting packages from doorsteps and then leaving an empty box from somewhere else behind on the doorstep A reported theft on Birchwood Drive on Tuesday involved packages left behind with a Lafayette address.

Moraga Police ask our citizens to bring in packages inside once you notice them, and keeping an eye out for activity on neighbors' doorsteps.