GPS in value of £10,000 stolen from Staffordshire farm

Staffordshire Police's Rural Crime Team said the GPS was stolen from the Newborough area of Burton-on-Trent

Chris Brayford
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Police said thieves had broken into a tractor and stolen its GPS system from a Staffordshire farm (Staffordshire Police's Rural and Wildlife Crime Team)
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Police said thieves had broken into a tractor and stolen its GPS system from a Staffordshire farm (Staffordshire Police's Rural and Wildlife Crime Team)

A GPS system has been stolen from a farm in Staffordshire in the value of £10,000. Staffordshire Police's Rural and Wildlife Crime Team said thieves had targeted a farm overnight on Monday (September...

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