Police officers are carrying out high visibility patrols to stop damage caused by illegal off-roading at a popular woodland area between Lake Vyrnwy and Llangadfan.

It happened on Thursday, March 24 on the A689 on the way to Eastgate at around 1.15pm.

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

We believe that the majority of these incidents are linked, and it has come to our attention that there may be a video of a theft from shed taking place, which shows an offender committing a theft.

Officers from the Cleveland & Durham Specialist Operations Motorcycle Unit spotted the occupants of a transit van acting suspiciously in Wheatley Hill.

Unfortunately, although the crews worked quickly to pout the fire out, they could not save the machine and the tractor was destroyed.

Following an investigation, officers from the Staffordshire Moorlands neighbourhood policing team have returned three stolen go-karts to their owners.

Two people have been arrested after officers tracked down a stolen trailer.

At some point between Friday 11 March at 2pm and Saturday 12 March at 3.30am, offenders forced entry to a garage on Ventura Close and stole a quad bike.

Officer from the Crook policing unit have taken to social media to share pictures of a motorcyclist that was seen riding dangerously around Glenholme Park.

Police have seized a number of stolen vehicles, and dealt with people for numerous driving offences in a two-day crackdown on rural roads.

Officers from the Rural Crime Team are appealing for information after a farm container was burgled in Overthorpe Road, Warkworth.

A green Honda Foreman quad bike, power tools, batteries and a black female lurcher (pictured) were all taken from the address.

Officers investigating the theft of a quad bike in Unstone have released a number of images which they hope may help with enquiries.

A tractor was destroyed but firefighters managed to save a mower in a fire in a Dorset field at sunset yesterday evening (March 22).

An investigation was launched by Dorset Police’s Rural Crime Team which then then liaised with colleagues from Avon and Somerset Police as it was reported that a vehicle linked to the offence had been found in Somerset.

More unseasonally warm and dry weather is expected this week, leading to the first amber wildfire alert of 2022 issued by Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS).

Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Andrew Snowden has outlined his commitment to tackling rural crime on a visit to Cockerham.

The Commissioner met with the Country Landowners Association, members of the rural community and the Constabulary’s rural taskforce to talk about further investment in rural policing, to discuss local issues and what can be done to address them.

Discussions focused on wildlife crime, acquisitive crime and trespassing, the ongoing work of Lancashire Constabulary’s rural taskforces to deter and target offenders and planned investments pledged by Commissioner Snowden.

Speaking after the meeting the Commissioner said: “I really welcome the opportunity to meet with the Country Landowners Association and with people who live and work in our rural communities to discuss local issues and concerns.

“Our rural task forces are already making huge strides in tackling issues such as wildlife crime and trespassing as well as the theft of machinery with over £1m worth of stolen plant and machinery already recovered this year.

A tractor and dumper truck were destroyed when a farm shed caught fire near Somerton yesterday afternoon (March 22).

An ALERT platform aimed at tackling a rise in thefts from construction sites and fuel thefts starts today.

A crackdown on nuisance and anti-social motor vehicles continues in Halifax as police track down those responsible.

TWO men have admitted breaking into a converted former farm barn, but on the basis it is not classed as a “dwelling”.

Staff at a local business had originally alerted officers that it was missing at 4.15am, leading to a two-hour search of the nearby area.

Three teenagers have been referred to the multi-agency Youth Offending Team rather than punished through the courts after a series of vehicle break-ins in Martham.

A 72-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of driving offences after jumping into a stretch of water near Great Yarmouth to flee police.

A man from Great Yarmouth has been jailed for more than two years after DNA evidence linked him to the theft of GPS navigation systems worth £30,000 from tractors in Cheshire.

Th court heard how a farmer in Alston was alerted to a burglary at his premises by members of a Facebook ‘Farmwatch’ group at 9pm on January 6, 2020.

We are appealing for information following the theft of power tools from a van in High Street, Scotter in Gainsborough.

AN abandoned vehicle was located on the B6286 adjacent to Cherry Tree Drive in Sunnybrow, County Durham, at approximately 12:40pm on March 11.

Nearby fencing and barbed wire was damaged in order for the vehicle to be driven away.

A FARM business owner from Cornwall has kept his licence despite racking up enough points to warrant a driving ban after being caught speeding on the M5 in Somerset.

Officers from the rural crime team at Cheshire Constabulary were called to the incident near Tattenhall on Friday evening (March 19).

Humberside Police have warned that oil thefts are an emerging issue in East Yorkshire with fuel becoming increasingly valuable across the country.

Bomb disposal experts have used a field at Harper Adams University to detonate a First World War shell found in a garden in Newport, Shropshire.

The incident occurred during the early hours of the morning on Wednesday 16 February at an address in Helions Park Gardens.

South Scotland list MSP Emma Harper joined Police Scotland and Scottish Land and Estates at Wallet Mart Agricultural Auction in Castle Douglas to raise awareness of rural crime and her livestock worrying act which is now in force.

Police were called to Victoria Road in Staines just after 8pm last night (16 March) following several reports that a group of four men were stealing catalytic converters at the location. A man confronted the suspects and was attacked. He sustained serious facial injuries, including a suspected fractured eye socket, and injuries to his hand and fingers. He is currently receiving treatment in hospital, but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The bikes were found in woodland off of Lemsford Road by the Safer Neighbourhood Team who were responding to concerns from the public about anti-social behaviour in the area.

We have also been visiting local farms with crime prevention advice.

The plain white Ford Transit van, registration YC65 FXT, was taken from Lowther Street between 5.30pm on Tuesday 15th March and 7am today, Wednesday 16th March. A resident said the van was not parked in the street when they returned from work at 9.30pm.

Officers from the force’s Off-Road Bike Intervention Team (ORBIT) have released these images of a group of people they would like to speak to in connection with a reported incident of assault and criminal damage.

The trio were spotted making off on the farmer’s quad bike by a resident who called in the suspicious activity and followed the vehicle, giving RPU officers updates as they blue-lighted to the scene.

Officers in Swindon are appealing for the public’s help following a number of incidents involving illegal riding of motorcycles in the Penhill and Pinehurst area.

Warwickshire Police officers have stopped and checked the safety of commercial vehicles using Warwickshire’s roads during two road safety enforcement operations on 3 and 10 March.

Requiring quad bike riders on public highways to wear helmets would “make the law consistent with other similar vehicles”, a Labour MP has suggested.

Following a Thames Valley Police investigation, a Chipping Norton man has been sentenced for multiple theft offences in Oxfordshire.

The unit tweeted: “Driver and passenger located using the capabilities of the Derbyshire rural crime team’s drone. Not drunk or drugged, just completely reckless. Reported to court.”

Police in Hull have seized a number of motorbikes from the streets as part of a continuing crackdown on illegal motorcycling.

The unit tweeted: “Driver and passenger located using the capabilities of the Derbyshire rural crime team’s drone. Not drunk or drugged, just completely reckless. Reported to court.”

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.