This in from the Police, in their own words. Ed
Police are investigating an allegation that hundreds of scaffolding boards were stolen from a builders’ yard on the Isle of Wight.
400 boards are believed to have been taken from the site on Gallows Hill in Arreton sometime between 11.30am on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 and 9am on Friday, May 6, 2011.
The wooden boards are described 12 foot 10 inches long and nine inches wide.
Sergeant Mark Lyth of the West Wight Safer Neighbourhoods team said: “Officers from my team have carried out enquiries at the scene and alerted members of the Country Watch rural policing database in case anyone tries to sell these stolen boards.
“Anyone who is offered similar boards in suspicious circumstances or who has information about the theft is asked to contact us or the Crimestoppers charity if they want to remain anonymous.”
Get in touch
Please contact PCSO Justin Keefe at Yarmouth Police Station by phoning 101 or emailing through the Website.
From outside Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, call police on 0845 045 45 45. Mini-Com users can call the police on 01962 875000. Information can be given anonymously by calling the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.
The West Wight Safer Neighbourhoods team also runs the Isle of Wight Country Watch project, which is the rural equivalent of Neighbourhood Watch. For more information, go online
Sergeant Lyth added: “Country Watch’s purpose is to encompass all rural and remote communities on the island to encourage a greater exchange of information, which can stop and solve crimes swiftly and effectively. For example, descriptions of people and vehicles involved in suspicious behaviour.”
Information can be shared with the police through a dedicated email address [email protected]. This email is in addition to the police’s main non-emergency phone numbers 101 and 0845 045 45 45.
