Hundreds of drivers have visited special events at supermarkets in Bradley Stoke, Cribbs Causeway, Emersons Green, Longwell Green and Stoke Gifford to have their number plates secured. More events are now planned later this month, supported by mechanics from Halfords Autocentres. Community Safety Officer PC Roger Jones said: “Swapping standard number plate fittings with security screws prevents thieves stealing them
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Thornbury police are appealing for witnesses and information after the tyres of 26 cars were slashed. The damage happened overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, 1st/2nd February in a number of streets near to Castle School and off Gillingstool. Anyone with any information which could help police enquiries is asked to call police on 0845 456 7000. Two men were arrested in
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Police are warning trades people to be on the alert to thieves targeting vans in South Gloucestershire and Bristol and stealing either the vehicles or tools. Officers say the thieves, often themselves in a white Ford Transit van, are targeting vehicles at building sites or parked at builders’ merchants and large hardware stores. The thieves have been described as white
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information after a 04-plate green Ford Ranger was damaged in the car park of B&Q in Yate. At around 3.30pm on Wednesday, May 12, the left-side wing mirror and the side panel on the vehicle were damaged. The victim, a man in his 40s, was involved in an earlier altercation on Station Road,
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Police have arrested two young men after cars were broken into in Frampton Cotterell overnight. Officers were called at St Saviours Rise at about 1.40am today, Wednesday May 19 2010, by a resident who had spotted a group of youths trying car doors. Police attended and searched the area, finding property including satellite navigation systems, laptops and wallets hidden in
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