A POLICE raid at the Bournelake Residential Site near Cricklade has led to the arrest of a 32-year-old woman and the recovery of hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of stolen property.
At midday yesterday a team of more than 25 officers including support from the Police dog section searched the site for stolen items.
Fifty transformers were located which were believed to have been stolen during a burglary in Calne on Sunday November 9.
DI Mark Power said: "A large number of other property, vehicles and other items were recovered as a result of this warrant.
"The scale of this operation will require a great deal of police activity at the site over the coming days and we are working with surrounding forces, HMRC and other agencies to ascertain the owners of some of these items.
"Crime Scene Investigators and other specialist officers are thoroughly searching the area.The total value of the items recovered is estimated to run into many hundreds of thousands of pounds."
A 32 year old local woman has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to burgle and was subsequently released on police bail pending further inquiries.
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