Two arrested in fuel theft crackdown

TWO men were arrested following a dramatic police chase that resulted in the recovery of stolen diesel worth £25,000.

Humberside Police traffic officers were alerted when they saw two flat-bed lorries being driven suspiciously in Pollington, near Goole, early on Saturday.

A pursuit began when the drivers ignored signals to stop.

The police helicopter joined the chase and after a stinger was deployed the first lorry was abandoned on the outskirts of Howden. Its driver was arrested as he tried to run away through a field.

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The second driver was arrested when a stinger stopped his vehicle in its tracks.

Both lorries had been fiited with specially adapted floors and pumping equipment.

A man aged 44 from Manchester and a 20-year-old Doncaster man were released on bail after being questioned by detectives.

The arrests were made on the first night of Operation Witch Hazel, a month-long crackdown on fuel theft.