Thieves have been doing this for decades. Back in the 1980s, I came home at lunch only because I was very sick, waved in a friendly manner to the movers carefully packing and emptying my neighbor’s home, and called the police. My neighbors were on vacation and had never mentioned moving, so I knew what was happening. The only down side was the very long time it took to get their stuff (the “evidence”) processed and back into the home.
Quick thinking on your part, but must you keep us (me) in suspense?
How long WAS it before your neighbors regained their (evidentiary) possessions?