Two vehicles were seized and a man arrested in an operation targeting rural crime.
Operation Checkpoint was held on Wednesday May 1 and saw officers from Cumbria, Northumbria, Durham, Cleveland, North Yorkshire and Police Scotland stopping vehicles and carrying out routine checks.
Officers in Cumbria from the Rural Crime Team, Roads Policing Unit, Roads Crime Unit, Dog Unit, Neighbourhood Policing Teams, Response officers, Special Constabulary and Intelligence took part.
The operation was also support by 11 rural crime volunteers supporting the eastern border.
In Cumbria officers stopped 68 vehicles, which resulted in:
- Nine vehicle searches
- Two vehicles seized
- Seven people searched
- Two traffic offence reports submitted
- Two property seizures
- A 41-year-old man from Worcester arrested on suspicion of driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit. He was released on bail.
Officers on the operation also attended 12 incidents which included drone support with 19 intelligence reports submitted.
Sergeant Amanda McKirdy, of the Rural Crime Team, said: “I hope that the continued commitment to activities such as Operation Checkpoint with our bordering forces is reassuring our communities.
“We are listening, and action is being taken. We had a number of positive engagements which is important to highlight to our communities we are being proactive in our response to criminal targeting out communities.
“We will continue to show contempt for all types of rural crime and those criminals intent on committing it.
“However, we continue to need the support of our rural communities, this area is under reported and we encourage our communities to be vigilant and report any crimes and any suspicious activity to we can direct our resources accordingly.”
