Officers in the Chiltern and South Bucks area continued with
their proactive burglary patrols last Thursday and Friday (9-10/1) in rural
areas which have previously been targeted by offenders looking to steal tools
and machinery.
On Friday (10/1) the officers received some intelligence
that a log splitter stolen from a yard in Farnham Common in December was being
advertised on eBay as for sale and being stored at a lock-up.
After obtaining and executing a warrant at the lock-up, a
digger, which was believed to have been stolen in a separate offence was found
and seized.
The log splitter and a power washer believed to have also
been stolen were later recovered by officers.
To prevent your tools and equipment being stolen, you could
consider security marking. Forensic DNA markers such as CRE products, either
liquid, gel or UV pens can be used to mark your property or engrave or
permanently label your valuable property with your postcode.
Information about how property marking can protect your
equipment can be found on the Thames
Valley Police website.
