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Cambridge Evening News
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Brazen bike thieves strike at police HQ
by Raymond Brown
Cambridgeshire police headquartersBold thieves struck at Cambridgeshire police headquarters to steal two £800 cycles from officers.
The criminals sneaked into the Hinchingbrooke site with bolt cutters and entered a brick-built bike shed.
They cut through the locks on two mountain bikes belonging to officers and made off with them.
Police discovered the bikes were missing on Monday at about 5pm when one officer returned to pick up one of the bicycles.
But officers had stopped one of the suspects at the entrance to the HQ and took down the identification number of a bicycle.
After a bit of detective work, the bike was traced back to the headquarter’s cycle shed and police then raided several suspects’ homes the next day.
A 17-year-old was arrested for burglary and received an official reprimand.
A 20-year-old man from Huntingdon was charged with two counts of burglary and two counts of receiving stolen goods and an 18-year-old was charged with two counts of burglary in a dwelling.
A police spokesman said: “Officers encountered a suspect outside police headquarters and arrests were made and suspects charged. The bikes were fully recovered but bits had been taken off them and added to others.”
It is not the first time that thieves have homed in on Cambridgeshire police property.
A lawnmower costing £800, watersports kit, more than a dozen bikes and a number of sat-navs have all been stolen from officers. However, some of the items were being used by the force as bait to catch offenders in sting operations.
Officers set up the traps – usually placing the sat-navs in a vehicle in full view – then lay in wait to pounce on thieves.
There were 17 bicycles stolen from officers with values ranging from £50 to £600 and together worth more than £3,700, but 11 of these were ‘trap bikes’ used to snare thieves.
The watersports equipment, worth £25, was stolen from officers along with two police uniforms. One uniform was recovered.
Car keys and a fuel card were among the other items stolen, as well as a laptop computer.
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There is hope for us all.....eh?
Cambridge Evening News
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Brazen bike thieves strike at police HQ
by Raymond Brown
Cambridgeshire police headquartersBold thieves struck at Cambridgeshire police headquarters to steal two £800 cycles from officers.
The criminals sneaked into the Hinchingbrooke site with bolt cutters and entered a brick-built bike shed.
They cut through the locks on two mountain bikes belonging to officers and made off with them.
Police discovered the bikes were missing on Monday at about 5pm when one officer returned to pick up one of the bicycles.
But officers had stopped one of the suspects at the entrance to the HQ and took down the identification number of a bicycle.
After a bit of detective work, the bike was traced back to the headquarter’s cycle shed and police then raided several suspects’ homes the next day.
A 17-year-old was arrested for burglary and received an official reprimand.
A 20-year-old man from Huntingdon was charged with two counts of burglary and two counts of receiving stolen goods and an 18-year-old was charged with two counts of burglary in a dwelling.
A police spokesman said: “Officers encountered a suspect outside police headquarters and arrests were made and suspects charged. The bikes were fully recovered but bits had been taken off them and added to others.”
It is not the first time that thieves have homed in on Cambridgeshire police property.
A lawnmower costing £800, watersports kit, more than a dozen bikes and a number of sat-navs have all been stolen from officers. However, some of the items were being used by the force as bait to catch offenders in sting operations.
Officers set up the traps – usually placing the sat-navs in a vehicle in full view – then lay in wait to pounce on thieves.
There were 17 bicycles stolen from officers with values ranging from £50 to £600 and together worth more than £3,700, but 11 of these were ‘trap bikes’ used to snare thieves.
The watersports equipment, worth £25, was stolen from officers along with two police uniforms. One uniform was recovered.
Car keys and a fuel card were among the other items stolen, as well as a laptop computer.
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There is hope for us all.....eh?
