Two arrests over ‘concocted’ car theft in Bestwood Village
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A white Nissan Qashai was reported stolen from a property in Hill Road in the early hours of Monday, October 18.
Officers from Nottinghamshire Police’s road crime team later located the vehicle on a driveway in Heanor.
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Hide AdEnquiries led to the team suspecting the theft had been concocted in order to make a fraudulent insurance claim.
Two men aged 22 and 31 have been arrested on suspicion of staging a vehicle theft with the intention to defraud.
PC Dan Butler, of Nottinghamshire Police's road crime team, said: “We take insurance fraud really seriously and we investigate all reports we receive thoroughly.
“Excellent police work has led to two arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.”