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Operation Dark Nights – Awareness Campaign
Warwickshire HorseWatch and Warwickshire Rural Crime Team are promoting ‘Operation Dark Nights’. This is a national initiative to promote awareness of vulnerable road users, which includes horse riders and carriage drivers. In support of The British Horse Society ‘Dead Slow’ campaign it includes raising the awareness of passing horses safely on the road by giving…
Read MoreCaravan Stolen in Kineton
Crime Ref: 23/49047/24 Unknown offenders stole a Switch Challenger SE storage caravan from a rural property in Kineton sometime between 20.00 hrs on 16/11/24 and 08.00 hrs on 17/11/24. If you may have seen this vehicle being moved, have CCTV or dashcam footage or any information that can assist the police with their enquiries please…
Read MoreRural 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…
Read MoreBurglary From Outbuilding in Brinklow
Crime ref: 23/40064/24 Some time between 22.00 hrs on 18/9/24 and 06.00 hrs on 19/9/24, unknown offender(s) forced entry to an outbuilding in Brinklow and stole a caravan, Ifor Williams tipping trailer, quad bike and tools. If you saw anyone/vehicle acting suspiciously in the area around this time, may have seen these vehicles being moved,…
Read MoreManege Leveller Stolen from Property in Polesworth
Crime Ref: 23/39497/24 Some time between 06.30 hrs on 14/9/24 and 17.00 hrs yesterday (15/9/24), unknown offenders stole a manege leveller from a property in Polesworth. If you saw anyone acting suspiciously in the area around this time or have any information that could assist the police with their enquiries please email ruralwatch@warwickshire.police.uk, call 101…
Read MoreFood Alert : Consumers and Food Businesses who have purchased Glen’s Vodka (35cl)
The Food Standards Agency has issued a food alert concerning counterfeit bottles of Glen’s Vodka (35cl). The FSA has been made aware of the production and distribution of counterfeit vodka labelled as Glen’s Vodka. The counterfeit vodka may have a strange smell and taste differently to genuine vodka. Products sampled were found to contain isopropyl…
Read MoreBluetongue – A message for Warwickshire’s Farming Community, issued by Warwickshire Trading Standards
Warwickshire Trading Standards has updated their Animal Disease Control and Outbreaks web page with an update on Bluetongue. Following reports of clinical suspicion in sheep and cattle on two new premises in Norfolk and Suffolk, bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) has been confirmed at these premises. Bluetongue is a notifiable disease caused by infection with bluetongue…
Read More‘Dead Slow’ Signs Available to Raise Awareness of Passing Horses Safely on the Road
With the support of the British Horse Society we have funded a number of ‘Dead Slow’ educational boards to be displayed on private property where they can be clearly seen from the road by all drivers, on routes that horse riders need to use to access bridal ways or fields . 94 of these boards…
Read MoreRural Crime Team Newsletter
Latest Rural Crime Team newsletter for your information : Newsletter July August 2024 nc
Read MoreSummer Weather Advice – Keep Your Property Secure
As the nice weather has at last arrived, we’d like to remind residents of simple crime prevention tips that are often forgotten in sunny weather but can also make you vulnerable to theft. Always close and lock your doors and windows if you are not in the room, even if you’re just going into another…
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