Crime round-up - garden equipment targeted by thieves in West London

GARDEN equipment was targeted by thieves over the weekend.
A Stihl chainsaw and strimmer were stolen alongside a Honda lawnmower and generator from a barn in Hammersley Lane, Penn sometime between Friday and Saturday.
A leaf blower and a child's battery operated quad bike were also taken in the raid.
Thieves forced the main door of a storage unit in Golf Club Lane, Whiteleaf, near Princes Risborough and stole a strimmer, a small Mountford rotary mower and two petrol cans containing five litres of fuel between Thursday and noon on Friday.
Meanwhile, the occupants of a property in Redland End, Speen returned home to find a man attempting to steal a garden strimmer from their garage on Friday afternoon.
The thief escaped. A man was later found and arrested while a second man was also arrested and a vehicle confiscated by police.

(Reproduced from thisislocallondon.co.uk 15th June)

GARDIEN TIP: Protect your sheds and outbuildings by following the advice at http://www.garden-security.co.uk/shed-outbuilding-security.aspx