Two people have been arrested after thousands of pounds worth of suspected stolen power cables were recovered from vans on the M4.
Wiltshire Police said Roads Policing officers stopped two vans on Thursday morning (18th June) after concerns the vehicles were significantly overloaded and being driven in a dangerous condition.
The vehicles were taken to Badbury Weighbridge, where officers discovered large quantities of heavy-duty power cables believed to have been stolen.
The drivers were arrested on suspicion of theft after being unable to explain where the cables had come from.
One of the drivers was also arrested on suspicion of driving without insurance, driving while disqualified and using a vehicle in a dangerous condition.
Both individuals were taken into custody for questioning and the vehicles were seized.
Roads Policing Inspector Neil Duffin said: "This is excellent policing work which demonstrates how proactively investigating driving offences can and often does lead to the discovery of other offending.
"Not only is the theft of power cables financially damaging to the victim who then has to replace them, there could also be substantial danger placed on the sites where the cables have been removed from.
"There is also the significant risk to other road users that overweight vehicles pose. Overloading vehicles like these means their steering or brakes are likely to be impaired, potentially leading to serious or fatal collisions.
"We will continue to be robust with those found to be breaking the law on our roads."
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