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Man arrested after police investigation into stolen tractors

A man from Walsall was among four people arrested as part of an investigation into stolen tractors.

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Tractors were stolen in January

Police raided three addresses, in Priestley Road, Beehdale, Walsall, as well as in Warwickshire and Leicestershire, after six tractors worth more than £100,000 were taken from Yoxall, Staffordshire, in January.

Searches of a farm in Leicestershire also uncovered two types of plant equipment, believed to have been stolen from Coven, near Wolverhampton, in 2017.

Four men were arrested

A 36-year-old man from Leicester was arrested on suspicion of burglary, a 22-year-old man from Walsall and a 44-year-old man from Warwickshire were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit burglary and a 32-year-old man from Leicester was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods.

They have since been released under investigation while inquiries continue.