Three held in railway cable theft blitz

THREE men were arrested in connection with the theft of cable in a police clampdown over the weekend.

Officers stopped the men, aged 37, 41 and 47, in a vehicle being driven away  from railway tracks near Tickhill at around 8am on Friday.

A search of the vehicle uncovered a large amount of stolen cable.

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The three men, who are all from Edlington, have been bailed until June 28 pending further enquiries and forensic examination of the vehicle, and the seized cable and metal.

The men were arrested during a  series of operations over the weekend conducted by South Yorkshire Police in conjunction with the British Transport Police.

The operation led to six other arrests.

Sgt Granville Sellers, from the BTP, said: “The South Yorkshire area has been a hotspot area in terms of cable theft for some time now.

“These arrests over the weekend are part of ongoing work we are undertaking with Network Rail and local police forces to tackle this.

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Sgt Sellers said that BTP was also working with scrap yard owners in an attempt to track down the stolen cable.

He added: “The act of stealing cable is an extremely dangerous crime which is costly to the rail industry and to the thousands of passengers who rely on the rail network.”

Anyone with information about cable theft should contact British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40.