Police are asking people for information about a diesel theft.

The diesel was stolen from Thursby Waste Water Treatment Plant on the evening of July 22, 2022.

A spokesperson from Cumbria police said in a public appeal released today (August 17): "It has been reported that offenders using a white van and a white SUV forced entry to the plant and removed two thousand litres of diesel before being disturbed and leaving the area."

Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it , quoting incident number 274 of July 22, 2022. 

You can also phone on 101.

Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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