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Police write message to robbers on windscreen of stolen car

Officers asked the robbers to contact them and “ref the stolen car and cannabis left in the garage”.
Officers asked the robbers to contact them and “ref the stolen car and cannabis left in the garage”. Officers asked the robbers to contact them and “ref the stolen car and cannabis left in the garage”.

Officers investigating a robbery have written a message on a car windscreen asking the culprits to contact police about the “stolen car and cannabis left behind”.

West Midlands Police said machete-wielding robbers had rammed into an industrial unit in Tividale, Sandwell, West Midlands on Sunday afternoon.

Police officers who found a stolen car wrote a message on the vehicle’s windscreen which read: “Please contact West Midlands Police, ref the cannabis and stolen car in the garage.”

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Windscreen West Midlands Police’s Force Response tweeted a message to the robbers, telling them they had left their ‘stolen car and cannabis behind’ (West Midlands Police/PA)

Tweeting another message to the suspected robbers, West Midlands Force Response said: “I want a word with you.

“Was it you who rammed into the shutters of a unit in Tividale this afternoon waving machetes around?

“You’ve left your stolen car and a load of cannabis behind.. Come and have a chat with me, I’ll be kind… honest.”