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Dear Residents;
We are currently investigating a report of the theft of a Blue Ford Transit Tourneo taken from the Down Green Road area of Harwood.
The vehicle was parked and unattended when stolen by unknown means between 2000hrs 20/04/2026 and 0530hrs 21/04/2026. The vehicle is beleived to have been drive off Down Green Road, onto Christ Church Lane
If you are receiving this message your registered BeeInTheLoop address is close to the offence location.
We are appealing for further information regarding this theft. Did you see anything suspicious around the time of the theft? Do you have any dashcam footage or CCTV footage that may capture the offence or anyone behaving suspiciously in the area around this time. Please consider reviewing any footage you may have in the area.
In the event you have any information or find any footage that you feel may be of interest to officers get in touch by replying to this message or emailing: 66033@gmp.police.uk with your name, telephone number or email address. We will then contact you to discuss.
In the event you have CCTV or Dashcam footage please preserve this footage by saving it or downloading it from the device and we will then be able to send you a link to upload the footage to our CCTV Portal.
Officers from the Neighbourhood Priority Crime Team, The GMP Bolton North Neighbourhood Policing Team and Forensic Crime Scene Investigators (CSI) are working hard to bring the offenders to justice and will be increasing activity and vigilance in the affected areas.
We are currently seeing elevated levels of the theft of Ford Transit and Land Rover vehicles in the Bolton area. Please consider using additional security measures
To help protect your vehicle, we strongly encourage the following preventative measures:
• Check with the vehicle manufacturer or dealer to ensure your vehicle has the latest version of security software – If you are a Land Rover owner you may be able to check and book updates here - https://www.landrover.co.uk/ownership/security-update.html
• Install an aftermarket or third party immobiliser and - Consider fitting an approved immobiliser that prevents the vehicle being started. This can prevent offenders from driving the vehicle away even if they manage to unlock it and access the onboard computer or manufactures immobiliser.
• Use a physical security device such as a steering lock or pedal lock box even when leaving the vehicle for just a few moments such as at a shop, car parks and even petrol stations.
• Block your vehicle in or use a barrier on driveways etc – Consider using rising bollards, locking gates or barriers or using other vehicles to make it more difficult to drive away.
• Store keys securely – Don’t make it easy for thieves. Keep fobs away from doors and windows, ideally in a signal blocking pouch to reduce the risk of relay attacks.
• If you have a garage – Use it to store your vehicle keeping it out of sight and far more secure than in the open.
• When leaving your vehicle overnight, get in to the habit of checking it is locked before retiring to bed.
Further crime prevention advice regarding vehicles can be found on the GMP website - https://www.gmp.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/keeping-vehicles-safe/
Please remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity immediately to GMP using 999.
Attached are some general guides to home and vehicle security.
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