Thieves targeting high-value equipment from Hawke’s Bay rural properties
Police say criminals are increasingly stealing bulky, high-value items like railway crossing bells and industrial equipment from rural Hawke's Bay properties.
Thieves in Hawke's Bay are increasingly targeting bulky, high-value equipment from rural properties and contractors. Items stolen have included railway crossing bells, rooftop tents, wood splitters, compactors, cabins and hydraulic lifts. Police suggest some thefts are being carried out to order.
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Railway crossing bells, rooftop tent among bizarre Hawke’s Bay thefts
Police say thieves are increasingly targeting bulky, high-value equipment from rural properties and contractors.
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Railway crossing bells among items stolen 'to order' in Hawke's Bay
The list of stolen items included railway crossing bells, a rooftop tent, a wood splitter, a compactor, a cabin and a hydraulic lift.