Four men arrested after suspected burglary in York

North Yorkshire Police is appealing for information about the incident at a Network Rail site in Nether Poppleton at about 10.20pm on Monday (August 3).

The force said four people broke into the site by cutting through fencing and damage “several drums of high value cable”.

A police spokesperson said the alleged suspects were seen fleeing the area on foot towards the Arnold Clark dealership.

They said officers were called and tracked the reported suspects through a field between Hudson Way and the Arnold Clark car park, where three of the four men were seen climbing a fence into the dealership grounds.

“The suspects were then seen attempting to conceal themselves near an electrical and gas box at the front of the depot before making off towards Great North Way and Hudson Way,” the police spokesperson said.

“Significant damage” was caused to three large spools of cable during the break-in, the police spokesperson said.

They said the cable had been cut and placed on the ground, “apparently ready to be removed from the site”.

Police said four men, aged between 36 and 46, were arrested on suspicion of burglary and taken into custody.