Thieves target four vans in an hour in Wellingborough

Thieves targeted four vans in the space of just an hour in Wellingborough.

All the crimes took place between 11am and midday at separate locations in the town on Sunday (June 7).

The first incident took place in Colwell Lane, Wellingborough, between 11.30am and 11.40am when three males were seen to force the rear door of the vehicle and gain entry, causing a dent and scratches to the rear door.

They were disturbed and made off without stealing anything.

The second one happened in Turnells Mill Lane between 11am and midday when the offenders used an unknown implement to drill two holes into the side of the victims van door, and then attempted to gain entry by attacking the back doors with an unknown object.

No entry was gained, and the suspects made off.

The next incident took place at about 11.15am in Enstone Court when two males in a blue Ford Galaxy forced their way into a van in the IBIS hotel car park but didn’t take anything.

The final one took place in London Road between 11.30am and 11.55am when entry was forced into a van and a number of tools were stolen.

Anyone with information about any of the four incidents can contact Northants Police on 101.

A message from the Editor:

Thank you for reading this story on our website. While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you.

In order for us to continue to provide high quality and trusted local news on this free-to-read site, I am asking you to also please purchase a copy of our newspaper when you do your weekly shop.

Our journalists are highly trained and our content is independently regulated by IPSO to some of the most rigorous standards in the world. But being your eyes and ears comes at a price. So we need your support more than ever to buy our newspapers during this crisis.

With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our local valued advertisers - and consequently the advertising that we receive - we are more reliant than ever on you helping us to provide you with news and information by buying a copy of our newspaper.

Thank you