Three in custody after being arrested on suspicion of theft from a motor vehicle
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Three people are in police custody this afternoon (Wednesday) after officers were called to a report that a vehicle had been entered in the Prestbury area of Cheltenham.
Police were called to Bushel Close at 7.30am after a resident reported that their car had been broken into and that cards from inside had been stolen.
Officers from the Cheltenham Neighbourhood Policing Team were assigned to investigate and arrested the individuals after they were found to have used the stolen bank cards.
A 22-year-old man, 19-year-old woman and 18-year-old man, all from Cheltenham, were arrested on suspicion of theft from a motor vehicle and remain in police custody.
Enquiries into the incident are ongoing at this time and anyone who witnessed this taking place is asked to report this through the Constabulary's website quoting incident 63 of 6 January: https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/contact/af/contact-us/us/a-crime-that-has-already-been-reported/
Alternatively you can call 101 quoting the incident number.