Police searching for a stolen van found a suspected 'chop shop'.
GMP launched an investigation after the vehicle was stolen in south Yorkshire. Its tracker led them to Cow Lane, Daubhill, Bolton.
Officers forced their way into an industrial unit before discovering it was being used as a suspected 'chop shop' - where stolen vechicles are stripped and their parts sold on.
The van, taken on Sunday (May 10) had already been partially-stripped.
In a post on Facebook, a spokesman for GMP's Bolton North team, wrote: "Officers from the Bolton West and Bolton South Neighbourhood Teams assisted in forcing entry to the unit and found what appeared to be a ‘chop shop’, a place that criminals sell stolen vehicles to.
"Sometimes, the vehicles are stolen to order, depending on what vehicle the ‘chop shop’ wants to ‘repair’.
"If the parts aren’t used to ‘repair’ an existing vehicle, the serial numbers are often removed and the parts sold on websites to unwitting buyers."
The investigation continues.
Anyone with information is asked to call police in 101; or Crimestoppers, anonymously on 0800 555 111.
