A MAN has been arrested after he was caught using a stolen truck and attempting to break into a Doveton tyre factory.
A witness spotted the man sitting inside the stolen truck behind Sonny Tyre and Autocare about 8pm on Monday 4 May and detectives said he was trying to break into the factory.
Police used dogs and a helicopter to track the man who had fled into an adjoining factory yard and was soon found hiding.
He was charged in relation to several commercial burglaries.
Police stop tyre raid
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