POLICE in an East Yorkshire town have urged residents to do their bit to help return stolen property to their owners and bring thieves to justice.

Humberside Police said items which have been recovered by officers following crimes often cannot be identified and those they belong to cannot be traced, and this is causing problems in investigating the offences.

The Bridlington Neighbourhood Policing Team and the Criminal Investigations Department, together with the force’s serious acquisitive crime team, have now joined up with community groups to draw up ways of improving the situation.

Inspector Grant Taylor of the neighbourhood policing team, said: “We work very hard when it comes to identifying and returning stolen property upon completion of investigations, but it is not always the case that we can do so.

“We do our utmost to tackle this problem, but there are also measures members of the public can adopt to aid us in our investigations.”