POLICE have shared a photograph of a suspected stolen Makita radio which was thrown at traffic police officers from a moped during a night-time patrol.
Officers are appealing for owners of the Makita radio to get in touch to be reunited with it.
The radio was thrown at Stone Cross, Golborne in the early hours of Wednesday (November 29) which officers shared video footage of via social media.
Police said: "This Makita radio was thrown at a colleague at Stone Cross.
"We suspect it may be stolen. Do you recognise it? Please call 101 quoting incident 104 of 29/11/17."
This Makita radio was thrown at a colleague from @gmptraffic last night at Stone Cross. We suspect it may be stolen. Do you recognise it? Please call 101 quoting incident 104 of 29/11/17. pic.twitter.com/DTwowaLKcc
— GMP Leigh (@GMPLeigh) November 29, 2017
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