Members of the public help police recover stolen trailer

A stolen trailer has been recovered and reunited with its rightful owner following joint work between the Rural Crime Team and two members of the public.

The trailer had been stolen on 29 September from Finedon, whilst a couple days prior two separate members of the public reported a suspicious 4x4 vehicle driving around in Grendon and Great Donnington.

The Rural Crime Team quickly took action and found out that this vehicle was on cloned plates.

Automatic Number Plate Registration (ANPR) markers were put on the vehicle, leading to it being stopped by the police's Road Crime Team on October 6. This led to the occupants fleeing quickly, with police enquiring to identify them.

The area in Wellingborough where it stopped was searched and two suspected stolen vans and three suspected stolen trailers were found. One of them was the trailer that had been stolen from Finedon which was reunited shortly afterwards with the very grateful rightful owner.

Rural Crime Team Sergeant Abbey Anstead, said: “This incident highlights that even the smallest piece of information from the public can yield great results for the police and rural communities.

“I am pleased that we managed to recover this stolen property and reunite one of the trailers with the rightful owner.

“We are really passionate about tackling rural crime and I hope the quick action taken in this case demonstrates that fact.”