Night time operation to tackle rural organised crime

More than 60 motorists were pulled over by police officers taking part in a two-day operation tackling serious and organised crime.

Officers from the Rural Crime Team were joined by operational colleagues as well as the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS), Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and the Thames Valley Police Rural Crime Team in the activity which took place at the start of this week.

Check points were set up on Monday and Tuesday evenings (January 23 and 24), by officers who stopped 63 vehicles, as well as trailers, caravans, and plant machinery to check they were legal and hadn’t been used to commit crime.