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Police are urging machinery operators to be vigilant about securing their vehicles and heavy machinery.
The message comes after four tractors were stolen from the Wellsford area over the past two months.
There have also been three commercial burglaries targeting heavy vehicles and machinery in Warkworth.
Enquiries are ongoing, but police say that in many cases, the keys to these tractors and vehicles were left inside.
“We are finding thieves are breaking into property or premises and simply driving away with stolen property,” a police spokesperson says.
Police are urging owners not to leave keys inside their tractors or heavy vehicles, lock or secure all access doors, windows and gates, and install tracking devices on their vehicles if possible.
“Everyone can take small steps to make life difficult for thieves and help prevent equipment being stolen.”
