DOZENS of items police believe to have been stolen in the Dorset and New Forest areas are waiting to be claimed by their owners.

Dorset Police has issued images of the recovered items in a bid to se the reunited with their rightful owners.

They were recovered after several incidents in the county.

At around 2pm on Tuesday, February 20, a patrol officer stopped a vehicle in the area of the Blackwater Junction near Christchurch.

On inspecting the vehicle, officers located a Cannondale road bike that they suspected to have been stolen.

Officers arrested both occupants of the vehicle – a 58-year-old man and a 23-year-old man, both from London – on suspicion of theft.

Later that day, police stopped another vehicle in Ringwood Road, Longham.

They searched the vehicle and located several power tools and gardening tools suspected as stolen.

Both occupants – a 17-year-old boy from Bournemouth and a 16-year-old boy from the New Forest area in Hampshire – were arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen goods.

Following further enquiries, a section 18 search warrant was executed at an address in Arne Crescent, Poole, at around 7.55pm on February 20.

Officers located a number of motorbikes suspected to have been stolen and a 21-year-old man from Poole was arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen goods.

Motorbikes are also among the items police want to return. Picture: Dorset Police

All five suspects have been released on police bail as the investigation continues.

The suspected stolen items were seized and officers are now in the process of returning the items to their owners.

PC Mark Carlton, of Bournemouth police, said: “An investigation is underway into this incident and we are carrying out enquiries into the theft of the items.

“I am issuing images of the stolen items and would ask anyone who has information about who they may belong to please contact us.”

Anyone with information should contact Dorset Police via www.dorset.police.uk, or by calling 101, quoting incident number 55240026381.