'That caravan was mine!' Owner of 'stolen' motorhome towed by 11-year-old boy ... trends now
The owner of a 'stolen' caravan that was recovered by police who discovered an 11-year-old boy towing it up the M1 for nearly 40 miles has told of her shock as she watched it being driven away from a caravan park by a BMW X5.
Janine Forth took to Facebook to reveal that the caravan belonged to her as she claimed she returned to the site just in time to see it being hitched up to the vehicle and that the thieves removed its tracking device.
The boy has been arrested after North Yorkshire Police stopped the vehicle, which costs upwards of £67,625 and was fitted with cloned registration plates, after a caravan theft was reported to the force.
Ms Forth wrote: 'We arrived at the caravan site just as they had hitched it up and were driving away with it.
'If it [hadn't] been for quick thinking and the amazing response from the police, god knows what would have happened.'
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Officers from North Yorkshire Police stopped the vehicle after a caravan theft was reported to the force, and found the schoolboy inside
She added the caravan had 'all the up to date security', which was fortunate as she claimed 'the first thing they did when they broke into it was wreck the front end to get the tracker out'.
'All I can say is that for those who leave their pets in their caravan whilst they go out, please DON'T! Thank god ours was with us safe,' she said.
Ms Forth later said the boy was not alone when the theft took place.
A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said that at around 3.30pm yesterday they got a call about the theft from a holiday site near Thirsk and were informed it was being towed away by a black BMW.
The added: 'We were able to track the BMW, that was also using cloned registration plates, travelling south on the A1.
