A thief was caught after using a wheelie bin to steal from a shipping container.
Luke Nash, accompanied by a group of men, filled them with stolen goods.
The 42-year-old was spotted on CCTV pulling the wheelie bin over the road.
Nash was accompanied by two other men who were also equipped with wheelie bins.
The trio included Jamie Graham, who was jailed on Friday, 22 Aug, after stealing fizzy drinks from the same storage unit.
CCTV caught the trio stealing from a shipping container behind Megadeals, in Lincoln Road, Millfield, Peterborough, on Monday, 18 Aug.
Officers from Cambridgeshire Constabulary were able to identify Nash as one of the three after catching him for a separate crime.
The 42-year-old stole a hedge trimmer and a foldable tree saw from outside a house on Lincoln Road, Werrington, Peterborough.
He was arrested on Tuesday, 2 Sep, for the offences, as well as two separate thefts from Co-Op and Tesco.
Nash appeared at Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court, as reported by Need To Know.
The 42-year-old pleaded guilty on (11 Sept).
He has been jailed for 16 weeks and ordered to pay £305 to the victim of the garden tool theft.
PC Colin Dyer, who made the arrest, said: “Nash took advantage of an opportunity to steal and went to great lengths to try to get away with it.
“I am glad that we were able to identify and arrest him.”
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