At the scene, officers confirmed they found a stolen van on cloned number plates as well as a stolen Toyota Hilux pickup truck. Tools used to strip cables, an industrial cable stripping machine and a stolen safe were also found at the property. No arrests have been made in connection with the stolen goods.

Officers from Northamptonshire Police’s Rural Crime Team carried out the warrant at the property on the A43 near Broughton, as part of an investigation into a spate of cable thefts.

Dog owners are being reminded to keep their pets on a lead and under control when walking near livestock to prevent animals being injured or killed.

They were each ordered to pay £463.04 in compensation by Northampton Magistrates’ Court

Three men have been charged with poaching after they were found trespassing on private land in the middle of the night.

Officers also seized a stack of about 25 number plates at the site

Fly-tipping campaigners are calling on police commissioners across the UK to follow the lead of Northamptonshire and Hertfordshire by establishing funds to help farmers pay clear-up costs when rubbish is dumped on their land.

Detectives are launching an investigation after the fierce blaze broke out just feet from an enormous agricultural barn off Steeplechase Way on the edge of Farndon Fields estate at about 10.45pm.

People living in villages including Weldon had reported an increase in nuisance bike and today (Thursday, April 21) officers from Corby’s neighbourhood policing team took an off-roader from a biker suspected of offences.

Officers from the Rural Crime Team are appealing for information after a farm container was burgled in Overthorpe Road, Warkworth.

Northamptonshire Police said Mark Ferguson was on a hunt in a field in Clipston Road, Market Harborough, on 19 October 2019 when his group became involved in a row with activists.

The incident happened on Saturday, March 12, at about 2.15pm, when a man removed his clothing in front of members of the public.

Operation Motif is the Force’s response in tackling rural crime during the winter months and this year, crime prevention and neighbourhood policing officers have been proactively visiting farms and businesses to implement the tools required to catch the offenders.

A Northampton father and son who shot their Staffordshire Bull Terrier twice in the head with a nail gun have been disqualified from owning a dog for five years.

Following the lifting of all Covid-19 restrictions, Northamptonshire Police is pleased to announce the return of the county’s Community Speed Watch programme.