mrjeynes
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INFORMATION is being sought following the theft of a Land Rover from Redditch.
The silver Defender, registration number 277 CFC, which was worth £30,000, was taken from a drive in Mason Road just before 9pm on Tuesday, March 8.
It is a recovery vehicle for a hot air balloon and was marked with the name Co-Op Funeral Care Hot Air Balloon Team.
It contained two Icom transceivers - one worth £750 and the other worth £500, a Motorola two-way radio worth £150, a Hewlett Packard tablet in a black leather case which was worth £600, a yellow Garmin sat nav worth £200, and boxes of Co-Op branded promotional items including coats stickers, trolley tokens and umbrellas worth a total of £300.
West Mercia Police is currently investigating a spate of thefts of Land Rovers and parts, in particular older model Defenders, and has launched Defend Your Defender posters to alert owners and promote crime prevention advice.
It is believed the vehicles are being stripped down and parts sold on the spares market.
Owners are urged to be extra vigilant and note any suspicious activity around their vehicles such as people hanging around or driving past slowly. They are also being advised to ensure immobilisers and other security devices are activated, and preferably to park the vehicle in a garage if they have one or out of sight of the road if at all possible.
Police welcome any information from people who may have noticed someone has access to different types of Land Rover Defenders or if they see an unusually large amount of these vehicles being kept somewhere in suspicious circumstances.
Witnesses or anyone with information should call West Mercia Police on 0300 333 3000 quoting 657-s 080311 or ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
Vin SALLDHM575A707516
Engine Number 15P19717B
The silver Defender, registration number 277 CFC, which was worth £30,000, was taken from a drive in Mason Road just before 9pm on Tuesday, March 8.
It is a recovery vehicle for a hot air balloon and was marked with the name Co-Op Funeral Care Hot Air Balloon Team.
It contained two Icom transceivers - one worth £750 and the other worth £500, a Motorola two-way radio worth £150, a Hewlett Packard tablet in a black leather case which was worth £600, a yellow Garmin sat nav worth £200, and boxes of Co-Op branded promotional items including coats stickers, trolley tokens and umbrellas worth a total of £300.
West Mercia Police is currently investigating a spate of thefts of Land Rovers and parts, in particular older model Defenders, and has launched Defend Your Defender posters to alert owners and promote crime prevention advice.
It is believed the vehicles are being stripped down and parts sold on the spares market.
Owners are urged to be extra vigilant and note any suspicious activity around their vehicles such as people hanging around or driving past slowly. They are also being advised to ensure immobilisers and other security devices are activated, and preferably to park the vehicle in a garage if they have one or out of sight of the road if at all possible.
Police welcome any information from people who may have noticed someone has access to different types of Land Rover Defenders or if they see an unusually large amount of these vehicles being kept somewhere in suspicious circumstances.
Witnesses or anyone with information should call West Mercia Police on 0300 333 3000 quoting 657-s 080311 or ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
Vin SALLDHM575A707516
Engine Number 15P19717B