‘That’s mine!’ – Shocked caravan owner reacts to boy, 11, stopped ‘towing her’ mobile home on M1

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The owner of a stolen caravan has spoken of her shock after her “stolen” mobile home was tracked down to a car with an 11-12 months-previous boy within the driver’s seat,

Thieves allegedly ripped out the excessive-safety trackers earlier than snatching the carvan from a neighborhood vacation park close to Thirsk, North Yorkshire, which was stopped whereas being towed by a black BMW on the M1.

Story of the incident went viral after police stated they found a boy behind the steering wheel.

Owner Janine Forth reacted on Facebook with a publish by which she stated: “Well….. that caravan was mine. We arrived at the caravan site just as they had hitched it up and were driving away with it.”

She continued “If it wasn’t for quick thinking and the amazing response from the police God knows what would have happened. It had all the up-to-date security, the first thing they did when they broke in was wreck the front end to get the tracker out.

“We could not have had better security.

“All I can say is that for those who leave their pets in their caravan whilst they go out, please don’t! Thank God ours was with us safe.”

An 11-12 months-previous boy was arrested after police stopped the BMW towing the caravan on Thursday afternoon.

Police searched the automotive and located tools sometimes utilized by suspects to perform thefts, and quite a lot of registration plates.

The boy was arrested on suspicion of offences together with theft, housebreaking, going outfitted for theft, and motoring offences together with harmful driving. He was questioned after which launched on conditional police bail.

North Yorkshire Police added: “Thanks to the quick work of our skilled roads policing officers, our control room and intelligence team working in the background, the rightful owners have been updated that their caravan had been found.”

Officers suggested caravan homeowners to take further precautions after seeing a surge of thefts within the space.