Search and rescue boat out of action as motor stolen
A motor from a search and rescue boat has been stolen from a canal wharf.
Thieves broke into a number of large containers and units at the wharf on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal in Gailey, between Wolverhampton and Stafford.
Several items were stolen including the motor for a search and rescue boat which now cannot be used when needed, Staffordshire Police said.
A spokesman for the force said: "Overnight from December 8 to 9 , there have been several large containers and units broken into at the wharf on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, Gailey.
"Amongst several items stolen is the outboard motor for a search and rescue boat that was kept at the location. This now won't be able to be deployed, if needed.
"The offenders parked in a lay by on the A5 near to the yard and managed to get through hedgerows and around the edge of a farmers field into the site and used wheelbarrows to transport some of the items across to the roadside.
"If anyone has any information at all that may help police, please call 101 - or use Facebook Messenger or Twitter direct messaging and quote incident 202, 9th December 2019."
