Cambridgeshire police recover £700,000 in stolen rural items

Summarised from BBC Cambridgeshire's report · Updated 15 Oct, 07:15 · Archive

Cambridgeshire Police recovered almost £700,000 worth of stolen rural property across the county over six months.

Cambridgeshire Police's rural crime action team recovered almost £700,000 worth of stolen items between April and September. The stolen property included 11 cars worth more than £120,000, 13 pick-up vehicles valued at almost £217,000, five items of plant machinery worth £206,000 and three caravans worth more than £46,000. Items were found across locations including Cambridge, Cottenham, Ramsey and Peterborough.

As part of the operation, officers made 26 arrests, carried out 12 vehicle pursuits and dealt with 107 driving offences. They seized 39 uninsured vehicles, identified 12 drug possession offences and arrested two people on suspicion of drink-driving. Sergeant Tom Nuttall said the results 'highlight the breadth of work undertaken by the team and our continued commitment to protecting rural communities, disrupting organised criminality and supporting the wider policing response across the county'.

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• Stolen rural equipment worth £700,000 recoveredThe items included cars, pick-up vehicles, caravans and plant machinery, police say.BBC Cambridgeshire · 15 Oct, 06:15

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