Appeal to find stolen digger
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Police are seeking the public's help after a digger and a trailer wer stolen from a car park at the weekend.
The theft took place between 6pm and 11pm on Sunday in Old School Road, New Byth.
The yellow and black JCB has the registration mark RV 63 NBE.
The trailer, which was secured with a padlock around the hitching point, bears the registration mark WM 65 SYG.
Detective Constable Jon Pinder said: "Door to door enquiries have been carried out and CCTV in the area is being reviewed.
"At this time we are keen to hear from anyone who may have seen a dark coloured Ford Transit style van in the area.
"We have reports of this van, which has a light coloured stripe around it, being seen driving into New Byth around 9.50pm that night, not towing anything.
"And then again at around 10.15pm, towing a trailer with a mini digger on it, heading north onto the B9027.
"Anyone who may be able to help in this investigation is asked to call us on the 101 number, quoting the reference number 4289 of 19 April.
"Likewise, we would ask anyone who may have been driving in the New Byth area in a vehicle fitted with a dash-cam to check their footage to see if they may have captured anything which might assist us."
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