Arrest Following A JCB ‘Ramraid’ at Barnham Co-op
Police arrested a man in Barnham on Tuesday morning (4 July) after stopping an aggravated burglary in progress at the Co-op supermarket. Trains through Barnham have been disrupted after a JCB ramraid at the prevented rail staff clocking on a their office above
Officers had been called to a building site in Yapton Road at around 2.15am to reports of a small crane having been stolen.
Response units were proactively deployed to nearby cash machines and came across a crane attempting to steal an ATM from a supermarket in Barnham Road.
The driver of the crane, a 43-year-old man from Ashford, Middlesex, was detained after a short foot chase and arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle and criminal damage. He remains in custody at this time.
A white Volvo XC60 was also seen to leave the scene.
Anyone who witnessed the incident, or has any information or footage that could help, is asked to contact police online or via 101, quoting serial 1624 of 03/07.
Southern Rail kept passengers informed from early morning on social media.
📢Just to recap:
👉The police are dealing with an incident near Barnham station.
👉Services will be cancelled, delayed, or revised.
👉You may need to change services, or take an alternative route.
🕓Please allow an extra 60 minutes to complete your journey.
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— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 4, 2023[2]References
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