Stolen equipment may not be far away

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startinghandle

Member

• Oct 17, 2021

• #1

Recently I said here that I had tools and welding generator stolen.. well there is a possibility it's not gone far but I am not sure how to proceed, contacting police will be waste of time and it's not a good idea turning up on this person's yard and say have you stolen my equipment

 

Wellytrack

Member

• Oct 17, 2021

• #2

Sounds like a nice day out. Keep us posted.

 

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jpd

Member

Location

rep of irl

• Oct 17, 2021

• #3

wander round the yard sayin yer lookin for a missin dog

 

Northdowns Martin

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Snodland kent

• Oct 17, 2021

• #4

Why are police a waste? If you have firm belief that your property is with someone that it shouldn’t be I’m sure they will respond, at least I know my local rural team will.

 

Suffolksucklers

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

North Suffolk

• Oct 17, 2021

• #5

We had a feed trough go once and had a good idea where it had gone. Emailed our police who handed it over to the neighbouring county (where said trough had been taken) phone call 45 mins after emailing to say it was in their bike shed at hq could we collect. Sometimes they can be very helpful as they are looking for an excuse to visit certain places of you catch my drift

 

Dave W

Member

Location

chesterfield

• Oct 17, 2021

• #6

startinghandle said:

Recently I said here that I had tools and welding generator stolen.. well there is a possibility it's not gone far but I am not sure how to proceed, contacting police will be waste of time and it's not a good idea turning up on this person's yard and say have you stolen my equipment

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Pretty sure the police are employed to look into such things. Could be wrong though

 

chickens and wheat

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Boroughbridge, york

• Oct 17, 2021

• #7

Look into things such as butty boxes maybe

 

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farmerm

Member

Location

Shropshire

• Oct 17, 2021

• #8

employ a ninja?

 

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lloyd

Member

Location

Herefordshire

• Oct 17, 2021

• #9

If you have a problem ,
and no one else can help,
and you can find them ,
then may be you need to hire the A team.

 

ollie989898

Member

Location

Hanging from a twig, in a deep sleep.

• Oct 17, 2021

• #10

Dave W said:

Pretty sure the police are employed to look into such things. Could be wrong though

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What is this 'police' you speak of?

 

daveydiesel1

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

Co antrim

• Oct 17, 2021

• #11

What about the local "community" police force

 

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Pistonbroke

Member

• Oct 17, 2021

• #12

Depends what makes you think that's where the stuff went. Not sure I'd wade into a pikey camp on my own

 

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f0ster

Member

• Oct 17, 2021

• #13

if you were to attach one of the apple air tags to anything of importance , any iphone in the vicinity reports back.

 

Dry Rot

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

Scottish Highlands

• Oct 17, 2021

• #14

Northdowns Martin said:

Why are police a waste? If you have firm belief that your property is with someone that it shouldn’t be I’m sure they will respond, at least I know my local rural team will.

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Without a search warrant?

 

Still Farming

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

South Wales UK

• Oct 17, 2021

• #15

Oscar Blaketon or Alf Ventras would crack it?

 

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Alchad

Member

• Oct 17, 2021

• #16

You've got to at least give the police a chance. OK they may not do anything, but again, they just might. Don't know if you don't try.

 

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lloyd

Member

Location

Herefordshire

• Oct 17, 2021

• #17

Alchad said:

You've got to at least give the police a chance. OK they may not do anything, but again, they just might. Don't know if you don't try.

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Yeah they might offer victim councilling .
I was mighty fond of the balls and pins that were
nicked out of my powerharrow last week.

 

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Wombat

Member

BASIS

Location

East yorks

• Oct 17, 2021

• #18

Northdowns Martin said:

Why are police a waste? If you have firm belief that your property is with someone that it shouldn’t be I’m sure they will respond, at least I know my local rural team will.

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Local farrier had to nick his sign written truck back one Sunday morning when they were all hungover as police wouldn’t touch it despite being visible from 3 sides of the camp.

 

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AJR75

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

Somerset

• Oct 17, 2021

• #19

Still Farming said:

Oscar Blaketon or Alf Ventras would crack it?

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"green-grass again"

Joking aside, I had some welding gear stolen a few years back. I got tipped off as to where it was. Took a friend in with me expecting things to turn nasty and the bloke literally handed it straight back the minute we walked on site. Evidently he wasn't the tea leaf that had nicked it but was quite happy to be handling nicked goods

 

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No wot

Member

• Oct 17, 2021

• #20

Dave W said:

Pretty sure the police are employed to look into such things. Could be wrong though

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They're brilliant, catching speeding motorists, arresting anyone who has offended someone else , promoting gay rights , looking after protesters blocking rds , investigating anything WOKE , filling in forms , handing out crime numbers, but if you're unfortunate enough to have been the victim of rural theft you're basically on your own ,

 

Last edited: Oct 18, 2021