Superintendent Andy Huddleston, rural crime lead for Northumbria Police, said: “This was an excellent piece of work by the PCs who saw something was not quite right and acted decisively.

TWO suspected thieves accused of siphoning fuel from plant machinery at a quarry were arrested following a foot chase.

Luke Proffit carried out the cruel attack on December 16 last year before concerned members of the public found the severely injured dog on Hendon Beach in Sunderland.

A senior rural cop has heaped praise on officers who detained a suspected car thief and recovered a stolen car that had travelled south after being stolen from a property in north Northumberland.

Northumbria Police officers also worked alongside other police forces and agencies making it one of the biggest multi-agency operations ever.

TWO teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of arson after a ferocious fire destroyed a bowling clubhouse in a Victorian park.

Suspicious activity, poachers and attempted theft

A network of rural policing specialists from around the UK are making strides in the fight against high-value machinery and agricultural thefts – recently seizing £100k of stolen equipment with help from Lithuanian colleagues.

A man found with £4,500 worth of stolen bicycles stashed in his home has been jailed - after officers received a tip-off from the community.

JAIL sentences have been handed to four men brought to justice after police targeted criminals involved in rural crime across Cumbria, often targeting high-value vehicles.

Northumbria Police’s rural crime volunteers were patrolling Tynedale last week as part of a two-night-long dedicated operation which had been planned following reports of poaching in the area.

A new case of highly-pathogenic bird flu has been recorded in captive birds in Tyne and Wear, the government has confirmed.

A haul of poaching and hunting equipment has been seized as part of a joint day of action between Northumbria Police and the RSPCA.

A man has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 to a farmer after his company dumped 20 tonnes of asbestos contaminated waste on farmland.

The Northumberland Partnership Against Rural Crime has received "landmark funding"