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Police recover stolen dumper truck from suspicious van spotted on M20

By: Claire McWethy cmcwethy@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 10:08, 01 April 2023

Updated: 10:09, 01 April 2023

A stolen dumper truck has been recovered after officers stopped a suspicious van in Ashford.

Patrols from Kent Police’s Roads Policing Unit were on the M20 on Thursday, when they spotted a man driving a van they had reason to believe was travelling on a false registration plate.

Police recovered a dumper truck which had been reported stolen from a business in West Malling. Picture: Kent Police

Officers followed the van as it turned off at Junction 10 for Ashford and it was forced to pull over by police in Plumpton Road.

The van had been reported stolen in Orpington and so the driver was arrested on suspicion of theft.

Inside the van officers found a dumper, which had also been reported stolen from a business in West Malling on Monday.

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He was further arrested in connection with this.

The man, aged 33 from Sevenoaks, has been released on police bail.

Inquiries continue.

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