North Warwickshire Rural Area
Alert Re COVID Phishing Emails
Criminals continue to take advantage of the Covid vaccine rollout with reports of phishing emails soaring. The email, which attempts to trick people into handing over their bank details, was reported more than 1000 time in 24 hours. It appears to come from the NHS and asks the recipient to click on a link to…
Read MoreVehicle Entered in Birchmoor
Inc 140 of 1/2/21 Unknown offender(s) have entered a vehicle in Birchmoor. It was last used 17/1/21 so could have happened anytime between then and 12.30 hrs today ( 1/2/21). If you have seen anyone acting suspiciously in the area, or have any information that could help the police with their enquiries, including possible CCTV…
Read MoreCan You Help re Information on Fly Tipping on Oldbury Road, Hartshill
Oldbury Road, Hartshill – Inc 262 of 29/1/21 Some time between Thursday 28th January and Friday 29th January, unknown offenders tipped large quantities of waste at the site off Oldbury Road, Hartshill. There are a number of lorry loads tipped at the location so would have been one vehicle doing a number of journeys or…
Read MoreRural Crime Team With Shipston Safer Neighbourhood Officers Recover an Estimated £60,000 of Stolen Equipment
https://www.facebook.com/WarwickshireRuralCrimeTeam/videos/222670156198014 This week, following a report of a tracker from a stolen vehicle plotting in our area, the Rural Crime Team began investigating. Working with the Shipston Safer Neighbourhood Team the officers spent a number of hours in the Shipston area. The work paid off with the team recovering an estimated £60,000 worth of stolen…
Read MoreCatalytic Converter Thefts
Warwickshire Police are investigating a number of vehicle crimes in North Warwickshire over the last few days. Two catalytic converter’s were stolen from cars in Friary Road, Atherstone on Tuesday afternoon and a Jaguar was stolen from Forge Road, Coleshill yesterday morning. On the 20th January an eagle eyed member of the public at approximately…
Read MoreAlert to Businesses Storing Vehicles
Over the past couple of days Warwickshire Police have had two rural sites attacked that were storing cars and vehicles taken. While we are investigating the offences in Hurley and Warton if you are an owner of a similar business or have a vehicle stored in a similar location it is advisable to take extra…
Read MoreVehicle Seized in Coleshill
This vehicle has been left abandoned on Roman Way in Coleshill for the past few days, checks show it has no tax or insurance and has been used in crime. Recovered by the Police.
Read MoreTwo Persons Acting Suspiciously Stopped in Shuttington
Yesterday afternoon (26/1/21), in Shuttington, officers were on patrol and two persons were stop searched by officers after acting suspicious. Items of interest were found by officers and patrols continue.
Read MoreMale Arrested in Atherstone Area
On the morning of 26/1/21, in the Atherstone area, a search warrant was executed by officers and a large amount of cash, cannabis, cannabis oil and related paraphernalia was found by police. Male has been arrested and enquiries are continuing.
Read MoreAlert to Telephone Fraud
Warwickshire Police are investigating four telephone fraud attempts in the last couple of days. In one incident, a couple from Atherstone were conned out of £20,000 after being contacted by someone claiming to be from Barlcay’s Bank who told them there had been suspicious activity on their account. In other incidents, people were contacted by…
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