Police investigating the theft of more than $100,000 in farming machinery have located the items after executing a search warrant at a Mangawhai address.
Sergeant Dan McDermott, Wellsford Police Station Officer in Charge, says a John Deere Tractor and post rammer were stolen from a Tauhoa property in August.
¡°Since then, Police have been working hard to establish who was responsible and where the items were.
¡°On Sunday, we executed a search warrant and located both stolen items, as well as an implement trailer, a digger and a wood chipper.¡±
Sergeant McDermott says all items, except the wood chipper, had been returned to their rightful owners.
¡°We are now looking for the owner of a missing or stolen Hansa C13 Wood Chipper to come forward.
¡°Identifying features have been removed and Police are seeking information from the public as to who the chipper may belong to.¡±
Police will require proof of ownership.
Victims of the tractor theft thanked Police for their work in locating and returning their stolen items.
¡°This theft has had a massive impact on our livelihood, and has also made both us and the wider community feel unsafe.
¡°Police can¡¯t solve these crimes alone and it takes a community to hold offenders to account.
¡°We would like to thank the wider community for supporting us, and thank the Police for their persistence with the investigation.¡±
If you have any information that could help our enquiries, update us online now or call 105.
Please use the reference number 241125/7163.
Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
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