Police appeal after £500,000 of plant machinery is fraudulently ordered
The items were ordered during 3 occasions
Last updated 3rd Feb 2022
Surrey Police have appealed for witnesses after £500,000 of plant machinery was fraudulently ordered by people pretending to be a legitimate construction company.
Three deliveries of plant machinery were carried out at three different locations across north Surrey.
The items were delivered to addresses in Shepperton, Chertsey and Virginia Water, and then removed from the area.
The missing items include a three-tonne dumper swivel, a three-tonne hydraulic breaker, four ditching buckets, four loading buckets, and a 17-tonne excavator worth £185,000. The total value of items stolen is believed to amount to around £500,000.
They are also interested in any helmet or dashcam footage of the items being transported once they had been delivered. Please review your footage if you were:
-Travelling from Fairview Drive through Shepperton on Friday, 14 January between 7.30am and 10am.
-Travelling from Lyne Lane through Chertsey on Tuesday, 18 January between 10am and 2pm.
-Travelling from Crown Road through Virginia Water on Friday, 21 January between 7.30am and 2pm.