Marvelous £1/2 million Aladdin's Cave connected with stolen stuff found at travellers you could find in Wiltshire

Police who raided a travellers site in n . Wiltshire discovered an Aladdin's Cavern of stolen property worth over fifty percent a million pounds.

Officers initially raided the Bournelake camp at Cricklade, near Swindon, to search for a collection of electrical work Transformers Optimus case that had been stolen in a break-in 20 miles away in Calne a few days earlier.

But when they went, they not only discovered the 56 stolen Transformers iPhone 5 case, but a massive associated with goods, vehicles, property and earnings that they say they suspect often is stolen.

Among the items seized due to police were more than 250 holiday bags of Prosecco sparkling wine, 67 cases of white wine, sixteen vehicles including lorries and motorbikes, a 'large' amount of industrial building blocks, a mini digger and a 'significant' amount of cash.

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Perhaps most significantly, the particular processing unit for catalytic conversion was taken, which is used to striptease down stolen 'CATs' from motorbikes to extract their precious metals. Finally, the North Wiltshire and Swindon sector has experienced a mini-crimewave connected with catalytic converters being stolen from underneath it cars in recent months.

The raid, continue Wednesday, was triggered by a major break-in on Remembrance Sunday in Calne, where transformers were taken.

"The total value of items seized who were either stolen or used in misdeed is estimated at over £500, 000 at this early stage from your investigation, " said a law enforcement department spokesman. "There is potential for our figure to rise significantly as some of our enquiries progress. "

Tax enforcers also attended and seized specific 3, 000 litres of 'suspected illicit fuel' from the site, method quantity of fuel storage containers. The HMRC officers discovered nine vehicles experienced been running on red diesel, which might be all seized too.

"A thirty two year old local woman has been in jail on suspicion of conspiracy on burgle and was subsequently let go on police bail pending a bit further enquiries, " added the public spookesperson.