Diesel stolen from Scarborough building site - did you see any suspicious activity ?

Thieves have broken into a building site in Seamer near Scarborough and have stolen a large amount of diesel.

It happened at around 10.40pm on the night of Thursday 21 July when the suspects entered the North Fields Meadow development on Stoney Haggs Road. 

The suspects moved heavy plant machinery to access the fuel and this would have made a noise late at night. 

Officers are appealing to anyone who may have seen or heard suspicious activity at the site on Thursday night, to anyone who was travelling past it and may have dashcam footage, and to anyone who lives or works nearby and may have captured the suspects on door bell or CCTV cameras. 

If you were in the area at the time or live in the area, officers ask that you review your camera footage from the evening of 21 July and contact them if you can assist the investigation. 

Officers are also carrying out house to house enquiries in the area. 

Anyone with information that could assist the investigation should email [email protected].

You can also call North Yorkshire Police on 101, select option 2, and ask for PC 677 Eddon.

If you wish to remain anonymous, you can pass information to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Please quote the North Yorkshire Police reference number 12220127964.