thats exactly what i was thinking redhand, they have stripped the parts they need first quckly if u look the other bits nicked more offroad accecories aswell talking bout wheels and spare, watch out for the ifor top coming up for sale,
go to a group meet ? if you can in a different vehicle,
you say it was in a wood? any places near by were they could of stripped it, then dumped it in the wood or was it stripped in the woods?, if so look around for evidence of this happing before? or being used to store vehicles. find the exact point it was dumped then work out how it got there, is it a logical route from yours, or did it come from somewhere else then there, if so work out whats on route, farm buildings? use google earth to see roughly then do abit of investigating on foot, five miles from yours aint a big area there local remember that, who owns the wood, does the man who sold it to you have any links with the club red hand mentioned, how did the police find out about it, was it reported by a member of the public? was it you that left it muddy or was it driven into the woods? taken around farm tracks ? used back lanes and byways if not roads and only a few days ago evendence is still gonna be there the longer you wait the less evidence left
find the members of this group and cause a stir do ya research, do what ever it takes be persistent be annoying,
hope you get it back
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