A large piece of farm machinery worth nearly £46,000 as new that was stolen from Dorset has been found in Cheshire.

The Herbst Agri-Crusher was recovered in Cheshire following cross county work by Dorset Police Rural Crime Team and their colleagues in the Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team.

An investigation was launched by Dorset's Rural Crime Team following enquiries related to an ongoing investigation.

Following enquiries, yesterday (Friday) officers from Cheshire's Rural Crime Team raided an address in the Northwich area where they then found the stolen agri-crusher.

Police Constable Sebastian Haggett of the Dorset Rural Crime Team, said: “We will continue to work collaboratively with other police forces in order to identify those responsible for these thefts.

"This type of equipment is integral to rural businesses and farms and when it is stolen it can have a large impact.

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"Dorset Police will continue to tackle rural acquisitive crime and support our rural communities.

"I would continue to urge anyone with information to help our enquiries to please get in touch.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Dorset Police at dorset.police.uk/contact or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55220183711.

Alternatively, independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously online at Crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling Freephone 0800 555 111.