Police have appealed for witnesses following the theft of two tractors from farms in West Dorset.
The first incident happened overnight sometime between 5pm on Saturday, September 16 and 10am on Sunday, September 17 at a farm near Buckland Newton near Dorchester.
The tractor is a Blue New Holland TC27D compact tractor, the tractor isn’t road registered and was stolen from within a barn without the keys.
The second theft was of a cab less vintage tractor. This happened at a farm near Frome St Quintin, also near Dorchester.
It is believed that the theft possibly occurred around 11pm on Saturday 16th as a tractor was heard being followed by a 4X4 vehicle.
The vintage tractor was a 1968 Ford 4000 with a registration of SKK937G, which was again stolen without keys.
The tractor has a brass plate on the rear left side saying “Supplied by Hayes, Maidstone, Kent.”
Dorset Police Rural Crime Team said: “We also keen to hear from anyone who has witnessed any suspicious vehicles in the area over the last week or knows of the tractors current whereabouts.
“We would also urge anyone with CCTV in the area to review their footage to see if any person or a vehicle can be seen passing any cameras during the relevant times.
“We would also like to take this opportunity to remind owners of tractor and agricultural equipment to lock it up and out of sight. It is worth consider fitting tracking devices, property marking products and alarms to areas where equipment is stored.”
Anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious in the areas mentioned above between the relevant times to please contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk, via email 101@dorset.pnn.police.uk or by calling 101.
