Stolen farming machinery recovered by our Rural Crime Team!

🚨STOLEN MACHINERY RECOVERED - THANKS TO YOU! 🚨

 Three very expensive items of plant machinery have been successfully intercepted and recovered by our team before managing to disappear into the criminal underworld, all thanks to a conversation had at the Hope Show with an eagle-eyed member of the public who spotted something that 'didn't look right'. 

The theft of plant machinery costs the UK construction and agricultural sectors millions of pounds each year, these machines, worth hundreds of thousands of pounds themselves, are not just costly losses to businesses, they also drive up insurance premiums across the industry and are often linked to wider criminal activity for example; being cloned and sold to innocent purchasers, shipped out of the country or used more locally in violent crime such as cash machine breaks. 

A huge thank you to the vigilant member of the public who helped us strike a blow against rural crime. This recovery is a powerful reminder that if you see something doesn't look right or feel something is amiss, you're normally correct. One call can make all the difference! • Website – We have crime reporting tools on our website: https://orlo.uk/CXa8w • Phone – call us on 101 You can also anonymously contact the independent charity CrimeStoppers, on 0800 555 111, or by visiting the CrimeStoppers website: https://orlo.uk/cVoAf