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Colleagues,

Thank you to all those who took the time to visit us at the New Forest Show. We had a very busy three days and enjoyed meeting some of our new members. It was encouraging to see so many of you taking responsibility for your own security, seeking advice from the Country Watch team and purchasing security products from us. The alarmed padlocks in particular proved to be a great hit!

The team and I have had a busy week since the show supporting local Officers in rural operations. Scott spent the weekend working with Lyndhurst and Fordingbridge Safer Neighbourhood Officers on an operation targeting overnight burglaries to rural outbuildings. Dave has been busy planning a series of vehicle stop-check operations targeting vehicles likely to be used in rural crime, looking for stolen property, horse boxes and trailers. Alan has been busy identifying locations for speed enforcement operations in support of the Forest-wide animal accident reduction campaign.

On Wednesday of this week I worked with Paddy Tooley, our Firearms Enquiry Officer. We recovered a 9mm semi-automatic handgun from an address in the New Forest. The gun is a prohibited weapon and has now been removed from circulation making our communities safer.

You will have noticed on previous newsletters that large amounts of diesel have been stolen from HGV’s parked in lay-by’s overnight, particularly on the A31. A male was arrested yesterday in relation to these incidents and enquiries are ongoing at this tim

Sergeant 483 Hubble.

Rural Arson

• 25/07. Canada Common. Four youths caught starting a fire. HFRS extinguished fire and dealt with youths.




Rural Theft

• 27/07. Holbury. Land Rover Discovery stolen from driveway overnight. Recovered by Police from another location.
• 27/07. Romsey. Lead flashing stolen from roof of premises.
• 28/07. Lymington. Trailer and tractor left in field. Tractor loaded onto trailer (sides removed and left in field) and both items stolen. Tractor was a Kubota rusty orange colour with a roll bar. Caddy four wheel trailer with strengthened tow bar.
• 29/07. Stuckton. Wooden door removed and stolen from stables.
• 30/07. Marchwood. £300 of red diesel stolen from storage tank in rural location.
• 30/07. New Milton. Copper cables stolen from wooden pole in rural location.
• 31/07. Marchwood. Grey Toyota Hilux stolen from outside of property. Keys left in vehicle and vehicle not secured.
• 31/07. Romsey. Petrol lawnmower and cordless drill stolen from an insecure garden shed.


Theft From Motor Vehicle

• 28/07.Timsbury. 100 litres of diesel stolen from two HGV’s.
• 29/07. Marchwood. Three males disturbed siphoning diesel from vehicle. Enquiries ongoing.
• 31/07. Romsey. Stihl petrol disc cutter stolen from rear of pick-up truck.


Fly Tipping

• 28/07. Romsey. Five sheets of asbestos dumped on the roadside.

Poaching

• 28/07. Rockbourne. Fish in stock pond found with fly in mouth. Suspected poaching.


Miscellaneous Offences

• 28/07. Deerleap car park. Report of Boxer dog chasing foal on Forest. Enquiries ongoing by Country Watch.
• 29/07. Stuckton. Paddock entered and shelter rummaged through. Property disturbed but nil stolen.
• 30/07. Dibden. Damage caused to stable block by flooding after the water was turned on. Items have been thrown around, gates to fields left open and electric fence energiser put into water trough.


Off-Road Vehicles

• 28/07. Copythorne Common. Report of off road motorcyclists causing damage to protected habitat. Enquiries ongoing by Country Watch.

Vehicles of interest

• P843DWN. White Ford Transit Tipper. Seen in the Stanbridge area with three male occupants on board acting suspiciously.
• L504SCR. White Ford Transit drop-side seen on private property.

Animal RTI


Thursday 26/07/2012 10:26 pm Grey Mare - Killed WEARING REFLECTIVE COLLAR Sway - B3055 (W)

Friday 27/07/2012 3:00 pm Calf hit – Uninjured Godshill - B3078