Breaking Shotgun theft sparks large-scale police operation in North Yorkshire town
A large-scale police operation was carried out in Norton last night (Thursday) after a shotgun was stolen from a vehicle. Specialist resources were scrambled to the scene to aid the search, including a police helicopter, after a suspected opportunistic thief took the unloaded licensed shotgun from a 4x4 vehicle parked outside a takeaway food outlet on Commercial Street in Norton at around 11.13pm.