Cleveland and North Yorks Police join to fight quad bike thefts

North Yorkshire and Cleveland Police have launched a cross-border operation in the Whitby and Ryedale areas in the wake of thefts from farms in recent months. It's believed that more than 30 farms in North Yorkshire have been targeted by criminals from Cleveland Police's patch since November last year.

Specialist resources have been deployed after intelligence gathered revealed that the people wanted by police are crossing from one force's area to the other's to commit their crimes.