Neighbourhood Watch: Have you had tools stolen in past 6 months?‏

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thought this was worth posting up, any guys in the herts bucks north london areas? I know a lot of guys on here are getting cleaned out recently:thumbdown:

 

Dear Watch Member,

 

Police are inviting anyone who has had garden or power tools stolen in the past six months to an open day at Hemel Hempstead Police Station on Saturday.

 

Over 150 tools, which are suspected stolen, were seized during a search of a property in London last month.

 

Officers have been able to reunite a few victims with their belongings however they are holding the open day with the hope of returning more. It is thought the tools could come from addresses across the county.

 

The recovered items include:

 

leaf blowers

chainsaws

drills

generators

angle grinders

hedge trimmers

pole strimmers

Also recovered are a Tielburger TK48 sweeper, Norton Clipper CS-1 saw, Norton Clipper JDW600 saw, Belle Minimix 150 cement mixer, Belle portable compressor, pop up portable access platform, JCB Beaver portable compressor. The brands of the items include Stihl, Hilti, Bosch, Panasonic, Mahita, Honda and Dewalt.

 

The open day is taking place at Hemel Hempstead Police Station, Coombe Street on Saturday 16 February between 10am and 4pm.

 

PC Yolanda Morales-Willis from the Case Investigation Team in Watford said: "We're inviting anyone who has been a victim of this crime in the past six months to come along to view the tools. If they believe an item belonged to them, they will be asked to produce receipts or paperwork with serial numbers on them. I hope people can spare the time to come along."

 

A 23 year old man from London man was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods and has been released on police bail until March.

 

If you are unable to make the event and would like to check the items please contact PC Yolanda Morales-Willis via the non-emergency number 101.

 

If you need to reply by email click on my address here: [email protected]

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Cheers Tony,

 

This is the same as the thread last Thursday linking to the news article, but the information here is much more useful! I finally tracked it down from the original article, having been passed through several hands and spoke to Yolanda this morning, who is kindly going to check whether my saws are amongst them. I think Jonesie had already been in touch from her comments, if so anything officially registered should also get picked up.

 

Alec

[coleman]

Cheers, we got hit about a month ago in fortis green. They waited until all the ground staff were stopping traffic then pounced, saws were literally in spitting distance from the tree we were working on!!