Six men arrested in £1million agri-thefts sting

SIX men have been charged as part of an investigation into a suspected rural theft and burglary conspiracy worth nearly a million pounds.

Nearly £1 million worth of items were taken in total during a series of large-scale thefts and commercial burglaries across the East Midlands.

Plant and agricultural machinery, pick-up trucks, vans and power tools were stolen over a two-year period, and properties in the Rushcliffe and Gedling areas of Nottinghamshire were among those targeted, between April 2020 and June 2022.