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Two charged following theft of cabling worth £30,000

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May 30, 2025

TWO men from Great Harwood have been charged following an investigation into the theft of nearly £30,000 worth of cabling from an electrical engineering firm.

- BY JON MACPHERSON

Police were called to reports of a break-in at a business premises in Challenge Way, Blackburn, on November 7 last year.

Officers said 'multiple suspects' had cut the lock of the gates.

They reportedly then entered the yard before allegedly stealing the industrial electrical cabling.

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