Following an investigation by Thames Valley Police’s Rural Crime Taskforce, two people have been sentenced for driving offences in Great Shefford, West Berkshire and Wantage.

Flintham is due to appear for sentencing at Oxford Magistrates' Court on 18 May.

Thames Valley Police's rural crime team then searched a house in Birmingham in connection to the incident and seized two vehicles with one being identified as stolen.

Thames Valley Police arrested the male in Swindon on suspicion of a burglary at a rural premise in the Bourton area near Shrivenham.

PC Ryan Dollery, of the Rural Crime Taskforce at Thames Valley Police, said: “Through Operation Deter principles, Grant was arrested, charged and remanded within 24 hours of the offence. Operation Deter is a zero-tolerance approach to knife crime.

PC Ryan Dollery, of the Rural Crime Taskforce, said: “Through Operation Deter principles, Grant was arrested, charged and remanded within 24 hours of the offence.

Thames Valley Police Rural Crime Taskforce officers conducted a stop and search and recovered a bladed article.

The rural crime taskforce has won a Thames Valley Police Federation Excellence Award for its work in tackling serious and organised rural crime.

Wantage Neighbourhood Team have been out this evening supported by the rural crime team and the rural community.

A driver had their BMW taken away from them yesterday after Thames Valley Police’s rural crime taskforce found they did not have insurance.

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of stealing three quad bikes, police have said.

The police’s rural crime taskforce was completing a joint operation in Abingdon with the commercial vehicle unit and the National vehicle crime intelligence service.

It follows an incident last month when three men were charged in connection with hare coursing in Letcombe Bassett area, near Wantage.

Investigating officer PC Dan Shute of the Rural Crime Taskforce said: “I am appealing for anyone who recognises the man pictured in these images to please get in touch.

Proactive policing helped officers catch a suspected car thief in a rural area of the Melton borough last night (Tuesday).