Eight arrests have been made following a spate of rural crimes in the Aylesbury Vale.

On Thursday February 3, Bedfordshire Police arrested seven men all on suspicion of theft, criminal damage and robbery at The Stables Caravan Site in Slapton Road, Billington, Bedfordshire.

They were a 19-year-old man, a 25-year-old man, and a 32-year-old man, all from Stoke-on-Trent; a 19-year-old man, a 20-year-old man and a 24-year-old man, all from Billington; a 23-year-old man from Hayes, London; and a 35-year-old man from Bletchley.

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They have all been bailed until March 3.

Additionally, on Sunday January 9, a 23-year-old man from Wolverhampton, was arrested on suspicion of theft, criminal damage and robbery.

He has been bailed until April 4.

The arrests relate to 16 incidents of rural crime, including the theft of caravans, vehicles, horseboxes and trailers, attempted thefts, burglaries and criminal damage at farms across the area from December 20, 2021 to February, 1 2022.