Rural Crime Team – Operation THIRA
On Thursday 26th September 2024, the Rural Crime Team ran Operation Thira, targeting caravan theft. They spoke to numerous caravan owners throughout the operation, however their eyes were diverted from caravans to machinery with a suspected stolen mini digger and trailer seized suspected to be stolen, enquiries to this are currently ongoing.
Later in the evening one of the units noted a suspicious 4×4 vehicle with no front registration plate, after conducting vehicle checks on the rear plate we realised it had no insurance, no tax and no valid MOT and several information markers linking the vehicle to crime.
Before they could catch up with the driver the vehicle was abandoned on a property in Barnacle. However, the vehicle was seized due to being seen on the highway by officers.
It just goes to show that although officers target a specific area on operations they still cannot avoid their sixth sense to stolen and vehicles used in crime which often leads to positive results!
Well done to all involved.
