Five are arrested on theft offences on busy night for police in Doncaster

All five ended up in the cells after being arrested on suspicion of theft offences, a South Yorkshire Police spokesman said.

After receiving a report of a motorbike stolen from a house in Wheatley, officers were alerted to a bike with matching number plates that had failed to stop for officers.

Local intelligence tracked that bike to a flat in the city, with officers attending and arresting four people, including a 17-year-old boy, two 18-year-old men and a 20-year-old man, on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle.

They were interviewed and have since been released on police bail pending further enquiries.

A second offence saw response officers deployed to an industrial estate near Doncaster city centre after a lorry driver reported fuel being siphoned from his vehicle.

Upon arrival, officers discovered four large bottles of diesel located in the boot of a nearby car, with a man arrested at the scene.

Rostas Anghel, 23, of Canterbury Road, Wheatley, has since been charged with theft from a motor vehicle and going equipped for theft.

Anghel has been released on bail and is due to appear Doncaster Magistrates' Court on 8 April.

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