Two men have been arrested after £120,000 worth of machinery was reported stolen from Purbeck last month.
It is reported that the high-value machinery was stolen from a works site off Morden Road near Wareham between 12pm on Saturday, January 14 and the morning of Monday, January 16.
A variety of machines and tools were reported stolen, including a Keto 150 HD harvester head, an Indeco IMH8 forestry mulcher, an Intermercato TG25 grab with CPR8 rotator, a TMK300 tree shear, a cone splitter, a hydraulic cone splitter, a fuel pump and hand tools.
Following enquiries by officers from Dorset County CID, a 35-year-old man from Bournemouth and a 37-year-old man from the Wick area in Scotland were this week arrested on suspicion of theft and handling stolen goods.
Both men have been released under investigation while enquiries continue.
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