Police have foiled an international criminal gang’s attempt to smuggle thousands of pounds of stolen equipment out of the country.Specialist cops from Hampshire Constabulary’s commercial vehicles unit stopped a truck carrying two diggers worth £23,000 on the A34 outside Whitchurch earlier this month.
After background checks officers found the orange Hitachi EX30, and the Takeuchi TB125 were diggers stolen from two separate sites in Oldham, Greater Manchester.
The unit’s PC Ian...
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