Shropshire Star

Stolen dumper truck found

A stolen dumper truck was spotted by a member of the public after a failed attempt to hide it.

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The truck, which was stolen from a building site on Naird Lane in Shifnal was found in a picnic area in the town three days later.

CCTV footage showed a dumper truck being loaded onto the back of a truck, then departing the site.

The vehicle was stolen on October 18 and recovered by police on October 21.

Contact was established with the company that had reported the dumper truck stolen and they arranged to have it recovered.

Police are still urging anyone with information that could help with the investigation to call 101 and refer to incident reference 0174S 181017.