New police plea after Hartlepool car showroom raid

Officers are asking who has seen a silver/grey Peugeot 508, registration SC66 PXL, to contact them.

Inquiries into the thefts from Tones Garage, in Oxford Road, in the early hours of Sunday, May 17, are ongoing.

A VW Touareg taken at the time has since been recovered in the Northumbria Police area.

Eight other vehicles stolen have been located, leaving just the Peugeot and a black Mercedes E220 registration, KS67 JVH, to be found.

Detective Constable Holly Angus said at the time: “This is a report of a significant theft of vehicles worth thousands of pounds.”

Contact Cleveland Police on 101 number if you have any information, quoting event 78865, or the Crimestoppers charity anonymously via its website, www.crimestoppers-uk.org/, or by phoning 0800 555 111.

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