Police have made six arrests following a number of car key burglaries in Gedling borough.
An 18-year-old was arrested on Sunday (July 25) after police spotted a car believed to have been stolen during a burglary in Besecar Avenue, Gedling.
The driver went down a dead end, jumped out, and let the vehicle keep rolling into a front garden at the end of the street.
Thankfully the occupants were renovating their driveway, and a mound of earth and old fencing, prevented the vehicle hitting the house and causing any damage.
The officer chased after him and quickly caught up, catching the suspect within minutes as he tried to jump over a fence in Ashwell Gardens, Hyson Green, shortly before 6.30pm.
An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of burglary and theft of a motor vehicle.
Police made another four more arrests in connection with a separate burglary investigation on Friday (July 23) night, this time on the M1.
Officers tracked a car thought to be linked to an earlier burglary in Newcombe Drive, Arnold.
The residents had disturbed intruders who then fled. They however alerted investigating officers to a suspicious Ford Mondeo estate car they had seen, which police already had flagged on their system for links to other crimes.
This vehicle was later picked up by police ANPR cameras which had tracked it driving up the northbound carriageway of the M1 motorway. Officers used pre-emptive tactics to stop it at Junction 28.
All four occupants in the car were initially arrested for the Arnold burglary.
Three of the four were further arrested for other outstanding burglary offences they are suspected of being involved in, while the fourth person was arrested in connection with a spate of car key burglaries in the north of the county.
Investigations are ongoing.
Detective Chief Inspector Nick Waldram, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “I’d like to reassure our communities that we take offences such as these very seriously. We want the public to feel safe in their homes and we are doing all we can to further reduce burglary and to bring offenders to justice.
“We also need residents to carry on working with us and follow crime prevention advice as we want to do everything we can to prevent burglaries from happening in the first place.
“Many burglaries happen because a door or window has been left unlocked, which is really an open invitation for burglars.
“We can’t stress enough how important it is to make sure your front and back doors and your windows are kept locked, even when you’re in the house.
Watch out for the customary slap on the wrist/community service/suspended sentence!