Two arrests after car full of high value property recovered in Longridge

Two males have been arrested after suspected stolen items had been recovered from a car in Longridge.

Police stopped the automotive, a Honda Civic, in Longridge on Wednesday (3 July) and seized 11 bin luggage filled with digital items, cosmetics, {hardware}, pens, clothes and meals gadgets.

A 39-year-old man from Wiltshire was arrested on suspicion of theft and dealing with stolen items, and a 34-year-old man from London was arrested on suspicion of theft. Each have been launched on bail with situations.

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It’s believed, based on police, that the property was stolen from retailers in Cumbria and Lancashire – between Barrow-in-Furness and Garstang particularly.

Shops who imagine they might have been focused are asking to contact police.

A spokesperson for police stated: “On Wednesday, officers from Lancashire Police’s Specialist Operations unit stopped a Honda Civic automotive in Longridge.

“Seized from the automotive had been 11 bin luggage which contained digital items, cosmetics, {hardware}, pens, clothes, and meals gadgets.

“The property is of excessive worth – a number of thousand kilos price – and we wish to reunited shops with their items.

“If any shops between Barrow-in-Furness and Garstang – we expect will probably be massive retailers concerned – suspect items had been stolen yesterday (third July), we ask them to contact us.”

Please contact 101, quoting log 0760 of third July 2024.

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