Police arrest man driving stolen tractor

A man has been quizzed by police after he was stopped driving a stolen tractor through a town centre in Norfolk.

Officers recognised that the green Claas tractor being driven through the centre of Swaffam on Friday night (19 January) was registered as a stolen piece of farm machinery.

They quickly sprang into action and apprehended the driver.

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Kings Lynn Police arrested a man in his 40s in connection with the incident. No details have been released about the owner of the tractor and whether he/she has been reunited with the vehicle.

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