Suspected County Durham thieves who escaped officers thwarted by police dog

A set of suspected County Durham thieves who allegedly stole a car and fled police officers have been arrested after they were thwarted by a police dog. On Thursday (December 5) night, officers from Cleveland Police were in Guisborough when they spotted a red Audi A1 which had been reported as stolen in a burglary in East Durham earlier in the week. PD Kira (Image: CLEVELAND POLICE) Police pursued the vehicle which was soon found abandoned in Skelton Ellers.

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Police dog Kira and handler PC Whitehouse were deployed, crossing a field, scaling a wall then following a dirt track, before the clever canine located the two men hiding inside a van on the farmland. Both were arrested on suspicion of burglary, theft of motor vehicle, failing to stop for police and driving whilst under the influence of drugs.

They were questioned and have been released on conditional bail whilst police enquiries continue.

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