Boy, 15, among bike theft gang arrests
POLICE have arrested six teenagers and a man in an investigation into a spate of bike thefts.
Police executed a warrant at a house in Battery Hill, Stanmore, Winchester, as part of a probe into the theft of cycles from the Winchester area in October 2012.
Seventeen bikes were recovered worth around £3,500.
A 22-year-old man, a 19-year-old man, two 18-year-old men, a 17-year-old youth, a 16- year-old and a 15-year-old boy all from Winchester were arrested for alleged handling stolen goods.
They have been released on bail until April.
Anyone with information should contact PC Dave Brown at North Walls police station on 101 or call Crimestoppers, the charity, anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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