Stolen digger located in Derbyshire town - three years after being taken

By Oliver McManus
Published 20th Jul 2023, 14:00 BST
Updated 20th Jul 2023, 14:00 BST
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Derbyshire’s Rural Crime Team has seized a digger from a farm in Belper – three years after it was reported stolen.

Officers attended the farm after contact from a local councillor and managed to recover a digger that had been stolen from the south Derbyshire village of Coton in the Elms in 2020.

Police stressed that the owner of the digger purchased it in good faith last year and has now been left out of pocket as a result.

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Enquiries are ongoing to identify those responsible for the original theft.

Police seized the digger - three years after it was first reported stolenPolice seized the digger - three years after it was first reported stolen
Police seized the digger - three years after it was first reported stolen

A spokesperson for the Rural Crime Team said: “You should always take reasonable steps to ensure any equipment you are buying is legitimate and if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.”

Anyone with information about the theft can contact Derbyshire police via their website using the online contact form, via Twitter, or by calling the non-emergency line on 101.