vehicle seen in suspicious circumstances

Dear Neighbourhood Watch Members

Serial 0730 05/05/12 came into us, reporting a vehicle seen in suspicious circumstances,

Unfortunately this was not picked up by me as I was on sick leave at the time. It has since been brought to my attention again and has indeed jogged my memory because I happened to see this vehicle on 9^th May in Park Lane, Maplehurst. As I was leaving Newells Lane, I turned right into Park Lane and came across a vehicle stopped in the road, the engine was running and the driver was in situ. After a short time the driver noticed me and drove off alongPark Lane and turned left by the White Horse Public House and headed towards the A272. This is where we parted company as I travelled onto Copsale.

The informant of serial 0730 05/05/12 tells us that a black male was driving the car, he was wearing a florescent jacket and was seen to be driving up and down peoples drives.

The vehicle is registered to a male in Reading, unfortunately there are no other reports on either the driver or vehicle.

The vehicle in question is a Dark Grey/Black Ford Focus, vehicle registration mark is

                             LS56 FHM

As it stands, there are no connections with serial 743 09/05/12 where a Vauxhall Insignia vrm FN12 PXP, apart from both drivers wearing florescent jackets.

Please ring us if you see this vehicle again and quote the above serial numbers. I will ensure markers are put on these vehicles to ensure the controller at the time can see that there is previous history.

Serial 0793 15/05/12

This relates to a report of suspicious males in Newells Lane. They were travelling in a white Ford Transit Pickup truck, VRM CV54 YVD. Two males were in the vehicle, one white male aged in his 60’s, Grey Hair and the other male in the passenger seat was in his 20’s. The males drove onto the farm and asked the informant if he had any scrap metal, the informant said no and the males the premises.They were seen again 30 minutes later,still in Newells Lane. No further reports have been received.

Thank you all for your vigilance, this is a NHW scheme that really seems to be working well

Kind regards

Tracy Field

PCSO

07733010215