Police recover £1 million worth of stock from Sherburn after man steals trailer
Date of alert:
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Crime Ref:
Force:
North Yorkshire Police
POLICE say £1 million worth of stock was recovered on Tuesday night after a man tried to steal a trailer using the lorry cab he was driving at the time.
The incident happened at around 1.30am on Tuesday morning (March 3) as an offender entered a delivery compound in the Sherburn area of Malton.
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They proceeded to connect an artic trailer to the lorry cab that they were driving at the time.
After, they smashed through the locked gate and made off with what police believed to be around £1 million worth of stock.
Officers immediately headed to the area and located the vehicle coming off the A1 at Wetherby.
The driver jumped from the cab, however, and made off on foot down Hawthorn-Strewn embankment, according to police.
