Police in Lincolnshire have urged caravanners to increase the security of their caravans after two tourers were stolen in a two-day period earlier this month.
As Caravan Times reported last week, a 2004 Elddis Avante 475 containing its owner’s treasured dog show prizes was stolen from Broadgate in Sutton St James in the early hours of Friday 15th June.
Thieves then struck in the Holbeach Bank area of the country on Sunday morning (June 24th), making off with an Abi Jubilee caravan. It is as yet unclear if the two incidents are related.
Following the thefts, police community support officer Ben Harrington warned caravan owners to be on their guard and increase security measures if possible.
He advised that caravans are fitted with a quality wheel clamp or a security post is installed at the front of the ‘A’ frame or the main body of the caravan.
PCSO Harrington also advised that caravanners “add an alarm, lock the coupling head into a cover using a good quality hitch lock or install a tracking device”.
Actor and comedian Ricky Tomlinson became the most high-profile victim of caravan thieves recently, when his six-berth Hobby 635 was taken from a field despite the fact that it had no wheels and was propped up on railway sleepers.
