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Officers investigating a spate of tractor GPS thefts across the North West have arrested three people.
Cheshire Constabulary’s rural crime team has been investigating the thefts since the end of last year, working with farmers and Merseyside Police’s wildlife crime team and Lancashire Police’s rural task force.
In the early hours of Thursday 13 May, officers searched two addresses in the Bootle area of Sefton, Merseyside.
The officers also seized three vehicles as part of the investigation.
Superintendent Simon Meegan, the head of rural and wildlife crime at Cheshire Constabulary, said: “All makes and models of GPS control units are targeted by thieves, together with screens and domes.
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Three people were arrested following an investigation into a spate of tractor global positioning system thefts across the North West.
Cheshire Constabulary’s Rural Crime Team have been leading an investigation into the thefts since the back end of last year, in collaboration with the farming community and Merseyside Police’s Wildlife Crime Team and Lancashire Police’s Rural Task Force.
POLICE investigating a spate of tractor global positioning system thefts across the North West have arrested three people. Cheshire Constabulary’s Rural Crime Team have been leading an investigation into the thefts since late last year, in collaboration with the farming community and Merseyside Police’s Wildlife Crime Team and Lancashire Police’s Rural Task Force. In the early hours of Thursday, May 13, officers searched two addresses in the Bootle area of Sefton, Merseyside. They arrested three people from Merseyside – men aged 24 and 23, and a 25-year-old woman – on suspicion of conspiracy to steal. The officers also seized three vehicles that morning as part of the investigation.