DOZENS of watches and other pieces of jewellery recovered by border police in Chile or Heathrow airport could be linked to burglaries in North Yorkshire.
Most of the watches, jewellery, handbags and diamonds, were recovered between December and February.
Officers in North Yorkshire are now investigating whether they are connected to recent burglaries which occurred in the Barlby, Hemingbrough, Copmanthorpe, Colburn, Bedale and Harrogate areas which occurred between December 2019 and February 2020.
Pictures of all of the items recovered can be found by visiting www.northyorkshire.police.uk.
Anyone who recognises the items, or has any information which could help the investigation, is asked to call 101, select option 2 and ask for David Pegg, or email david.pegg@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk
The crime reference number is 12190227568.
A number of other forces are investigating whether the recovered jewellery is linked to burglaries in their area.
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