£5K Reward Offered after Plant Hire Firm's JCB 3CX for Sale Stolen

Solway Plant Hire have offered a £5000 reward, after three vehicles including a jcb 3cx for sale were stolen from the Wishaw area in North Lanarkshire.

The machines had been supplied to North Lanarkshire Council to assist with snow removal operations in Scotland. All three vehicles were in Wishaw on snow clearing duties when they were stolen. The thieves took a digger, tractor and a jcb 3cx worth over £160,000.

Jason McLurg from Solway Plant Hire, owners of jcb 3cx for sale in Dumfries, has offered the cash reward for information which leads to the return of the vehicles, which police believe will still be in the area.

Mr McLurg, whose plant hire firm has around 40 vehicles in his fleet, said: “I’m sick, it couldn’t have happened at a worse time. We were up doing snow clearing for both North and South Lanarkshire Councils and we had taken eight vehicles there.

“On December 11 a John Deere tractor and a Caterpillar digger were stolen from the Tesco car park in Wishaw during the night. A few days later a JCB 3CX was stolen from a secure compound in Range Road, Motherwell."

McLurg is confident there is still a chance to find the stolen machines, and asks for locals to be vigilant. “I believe they are still within a 20 or 30 mile radius of where they were stolen. I think they are still in the central belt."

He added: "I’m desperate for them back, which is why I have put up the reward. It was the first time we had helped out and we still are, but now we only have five vehicles instead of eight.”

The three vehicles stolen were a John Deere 6830 Tractor with a snowplough fitted to the front, a Caterpillar 432 Digger and a jcb 3cx. Locals have been encouraged to contact police with any information on the stolen equipment.