Police find stolen JCB digger hidden in disused Doncaster farm buildings

Officers from South Yorkshire Police’s Off Road Bike Team managed to get the JCB back to its rightful owner hours after it was stolen by masked raiders and before it was ‘more than likely shipped off in a container to the continent.”

A spokesman said: “We were notified of a JCB digger that was stolen and seen heading into our county last week.

"We went for a snoop round on the bikes in the woods near to its last seen location.

"After riding over a few dumped mattresses, burnt out cars and other unwanted household contents, the digger was found secreted in some disused farm buildings near Armthorpe