Secure your goods to deter opportunistic thieves say police

Wheel and hub stolen from Balthane Industrial Estate

Police are urging people to make sure that equipment, property, oil tanks and vehicles which are stored outside are properly secured.

Officers say they want to deter ‘opportunistic thieves’.

They’re investigating after a wheel, and the hub, was stolen from a trailer parked in Balthane Industrial Estate in Ballasalla.

It was taken sometime between 7.30pm on Wednesday, 18 January and 7.30am the following day.

Anyone who knows what happened is asked to contact Castletown Police Station.