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Five arrested in Dorset after police recover stolen items
Five people, including two teenagers, were arrested after a number of stolen items were recovered and police seek the owners.
Dorset Police have recovered a number of items which have been stolen and they are keen to return them to the owners.
At around 2pm on Tuesday 20 February patrol officers stopped a vehicle in the area of the Blackwater Junction near Christchurch. On inspection a Cannondale road bike, suspected to have been stolen, was located. Officers arrested both occupants of the vehicle – a 58-year-old man and a 23-year-old man, both from London – on suspicion of theft.
Later that day, officers stopped another vehicle in Ringwood Road, Longham. Officers searched the vehicle and located several power tools and gardening tools suspected as stolen. Both occupants – a 17-year-old boy from Bournemouth and a 16-year-old boy from the New Forest area – were arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen goods.
Following further enquiries, a section 18 search warrant was executed at an address in Arne Crescent, Poole at around 7.55pm on 20 February. Officers located a number of motorbikes suspected to have been stolen. A 21-year-old man from Poole was arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen goods.
All five suspects have been released on police bail as the investigation continues.
Police Constable Mark Carlton, of Bournemouth police, said: “An investigation is underway into this incident and we are carrying out enquiries into the theft of the items.
“I am issuing images of the stolen items and would ask anyone who has information about who they may belong to please contact us.”
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