POLICE have towed away five stolen touring caravans worth £50,000 from a Bidford Gypsy site.
A cross-force operation to identify and seize stolen caravans was carried out by a team of 40 officers at the Friday Furlong encampment at about 10am last Tuesday.
The officers and dog handlers from Alcester, Stratford and Leamington Spa worked with a small number of specialist officers from West Mercia and West Midlands Police to identify the stolen caravans, which they think have been taken from all over the country.
No arrests have been made.
Police believe the five caravans recovered were stolen earlier this year and have now been handed back to insurance company recovery agents.
Police cannot say those in possession of the caravans were responsible for the original theft, as the thefts were not recent and caravans may have been passed on.
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