Police have charged four men following a spate of burglaries and thefts across rural areas in East Lancashire.
The burglaries and thefts happened between 30th June 2023 and 12th November 2023, totalling 24 high value incidents. Some of the items taken included tools, bikes, quad bikes and diesel, estimating to be worth around £200,000 and £50,000 worth of damage caused in the process.
Following an investigation by the Ribble Valley Rural Taskforce, Oliver McNeil, aged 32, of Harling Street, Burnley, Dillon Irwin, aged 30, of Lockyer Avenue, Burnley, Christopher Fleming, aged 33, of Barclay Avenue, Burnley and Liam Barnes, aged 31, of Burnley Road, Padiham, have since been charged with conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to steal from another.
Oliver McNeil, Liam Barnes and Christopher Fleming will appear at Blackburn Magistrates Court on 28th October 2024. Dillon Irwin will appear at Blackburn Magistrates Court on 11th December 2024.

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