A suspect has been charged after half a dozen boilers were stolen from a new-build estate in Gedling.
The appliances were ripped out and taken from six empty properties in Harviston Avenue during a series of overnight burglaries.
New boilers had been fitted inside the neighbouring buildings days before the burglaries happened, between March 6 and 7.
Workers arrived at the site the next morning to find the appliances missing and damage to the properties that amounted to around £10,000 worth of costs.
Nicanor Dostea, 25, was identified as a suspect and has since been charged with six counts of burglary.
Dostea, of Pitstone Road, Northampton, attended Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Monday (12), where he was bailed with strict conditions ahead of his next appearance at the same court on October 21.
Detective Sergeant Elina Falcon, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Commercial burglaries like this one can have a hugely detrimental impact on the livelihoods of the people who work for these businesses.
“Six brand new boilers were taken from empty properties on this new build estate, with the cost of this and the damage caused during these break-ins totalling thousands of pounds.
“For obvious reasons, this type of behaviour is completely unacceptable, so we will always look to do everything in our power as an investigative team to bring anyone suspected of being involved before the courts.”
