Forty-seven vehicles were stopped during a police operation targeting rural areas.
Operation Checkpoint sees police forces working together to prevent and disrupt criminality.
Cumbria’s Rural Crime Team were joined by officers from the Firearms Support Unit, Roads Policing Unit, Special Constabulary and rural volunteers.
They focused on the eastern side of Cumbria which shares borders with a number of other forces and officers stopped 47 vehicles during the operation with three vehicle searches, and three traffic offence reports issued.
Police also carried gave out crime prevention advice to 23 people.
Officers were joined by Assistant Chief Constable Jonny Blackwell, Chief Inspector Lee Skelton and the Police Fire and Crime Commissioner David Allen.
Volunteers from the Kirkby Stephen community also helped with the operation.
