Police to hold DNA forensic marking event at Northumberland National Park

Police have announced they will be hosting a machinery marking event in Northumberland National Park to help farmers protect their equipment from being stolen.

Northumberland Partnership Against Rural Crime, launched in December 2022, said it will host the session on Monday (September 18) in the village of Lucker near Belford to show farmers how to safeguard their machinery from thieves with DNA forensic marking.

Officers have asked farmers to take either their ATVs, trailers or other machinery to show them how to mark and register their equipment along with providing warning signage to display on their farms.