Dairy delighted after police recover stolen milk tankers

A dairy has thanked police for the recovery of two milk tankers stolen from a farmers’ market in Lancashire.

Two large Lancashire Farm Dairies milk tankers were stolen from Gisburn Auction Mart, Clitheroe, overnight on Friday 19 August. One was full with 28,000 litres.

Both tankers were later recovered in the Great Harwood area.

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In a post on Facebook, Lancashire Farm Dairies said: “We got them back!

“We just wanted to extend a huge thank you to all those who helped, shared, posted about the missing trailers.

“Fortunately we recovered both vehicles over the weekend and they are now back with us.

“We wanted to extend a special thank you to all the team at Lancashire Police who worked non-stop throughout the weekend to help us recover them.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Lancashire Police on 101 quoting log 0400 of 20 August 20.