On Tuesday morning, July 4th, police arrested a man in Barnham after stopping an aggravated burglary in progress at a supermarket. The incident began when officers were called to a building site in Yapton Road at around 2.15am to reports of a stolen small crane.
Response units were deployed to nearby cash machines and came across a crane attempting to steal an ATM from a supermarket in Barnham Road. The driver of the crane, a 43-year-old man from Ashford, Middlesex, was detained after a short foot chase and arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle and criminal damage. He remains in custody at this time.
A white Volvo XC60 was also seen leaving the scene. Police are asking anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information or footage that could help to contact them online or via 101, quoting serial 1624 of 03/07.
