Shipping container stolen from South Shields

May 15 2008 By Paul Loraine

A STOLEN shipping container holding thousands of pounds worth of industrial refrigeration equipment has been recovered by police.

The £5,000 container and £9,000 worth of equipment was taken from Portberry Street Industrial Estate in Laygate, South Shields between Thursday May 1 and Tuesday May 6. Officers found it in the Cleadon Park area of South Shields yesterday after acting on a tip-off from a member of the public.

A 40-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods and bailed pending further inquiries.